SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 15

(By Senators Tarr, Cline, and Sypolt)

[Introduced January 22, 2019]

Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the feasibility of requiring all state agencies that submit budgets for their annual operations, and collect fees and fines that support these budgets, to deposit these funds to the General Revenue Fund.

Whereas, There are numerous state agencies whose budgets are either partially or entirely funded through fees and fines that are deposited into special funds.  These agencies also benefit from legislative appropriations from the budget every fiscal year; and

Whereas, It may be a more practical fiscal approach to require that these fees and fines be deposited into the General Revenue Fund of the state from which these agencies may seek legislative approval for funds needed in addition to their original budget requests; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby requested to study the feasibility of requiring all state agencies that submit budgets for their annual operations, and collect fees and fines that support these budgets, to deposit these funds to the General Revenue Fund; and, be it

 Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby requested to study and analyze the number of special funds created for the deposit of fees and fines, the annual dollar amount of these deposits, and the feasibility of having all of these special funds for fees and fines be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2020, on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations together with drafts of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this study, to prepare a report, and to draft necessary legislation be paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.