WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2024 SECOND EXTRAORDINARY SESSION

ENGROSSED

House Bill 216

By Delegates Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Hornbuckle
(By Request of the Executive)

[Introduced September 30, 2024; Referred
to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Administration, Office of Technology, fund 0204, fiscal year 2025, organization 0231, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

WHEREAS, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature on January 10, 2024, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2023, and further included the estimate of revenue for the fiscal year 2024, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus appropriations for the fiscal year 2024, and further included recommended expirations to the unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue; and

WHEREAS, The Governor submitted to the Legislature an Executive Message dated May 19, 2024, which included a revised estimate of revenues for the State Fund, General Revenue, and recommended supplementary appropriations for the fiscal year 2024; and

WHEREAS, The Governor submitted to the Legislature an Executive Message dated September 30, 2024, which included a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2024, and further included the estimate of revenue for the fiscal year 2025, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus appropriations for the fiscal year 2025; and

WHEREAS, It appears from the Executive Message, Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, there remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Treasury which is available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; therefore

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, to fund 0204, fiscal year 2025, organization 0231, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of appropriation as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

 Department of Administration

31 - Office of Technology

(W.V. Code Chapter 5A)

Fund 0204 FY 2025 Org 0231

General

Appro- Revenue

priation Fund

1a Directed Transfer – Surplus 70099 9,300,000

The above appropriation for Directed Transfer – Surplus (fund 0204, appropriation 70099) shall be transferred to the Office of Technology Fund (fund 2220).

From the above appropriation for Directed Transfer – Surplus (fund 0204, appropriation 70099), upon the transfer to the Office of Technology Fund (fund 2220), the Office of Technology shall utilize $7,000,000 for the following purposes: (1) To design, architect, plan, facilitate and carry out the transfer of resources and systems to off-site data centers; and (2) To design, architect, plan, facilitate and carry out the transition of outdated systems, environments and data structures to modern systems, environments and data structures.