HB2856 S FIN AMT

Canterbury x.4893

The Committee on Finance moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2856--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5B-2-9a, relating to declaring it the public policy of the State and the Legislature’s intent to improve the marketing, quality and frequency of passenger rail service of the Cardinal Passenger Train operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as AMTRAK, along the route crossing the south-central region of the state from Huntington eastward to White Sulphur Springs; establishing the powers and duties of the Commissioner of the Division of Tourism and the Tourism Commission to achieve such policy; directing the West Virginia Department of Transportation and the West Virginia State Rail Authority to cooperate with the Tourism Commission to achieve such policy; authorizing the Commissioner of Tourism to cooperate with other states and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to achieve such policy; authorizing the Commissioner of Tourism to participate in an interstate body to achieve such policy; and creating a special revenue account, the Cardinal Passenger Train Enhancement Fund, for receipt of certain gifts, grants, bequests, transfers, appropriations or other donations which may be received.

Accepted

Rejected