WEST virginia Legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2893

By Delegate Westfall

[Introduced March 9, 2017; Referred
to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §19-12A-6a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended relating to the Land Division of the Department of Agriculture; and increasing the amount of money this division may retain from various sources.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §19-12A-6a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 12A. LAND DIVISION.

§19-12A-6a. Special revenue account.

(a) All funds collected by the commission pursuant to this article, whether from the sale of food, the disposition of assets other than land, the lease of land or minerals or any other source, shall be paid into a special revenue account to be used for the purposes of this article: Provided, That when the aggregate balance of said the funds so collected and deposited in the special revenue account in any fiscal year total $2,000,000 exceeds $3 million, the commission shall deposit half of any excess funds collected into the special revenue account, and half into the General Revenue Fund of the state.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the amount of money the Land Division of the Department of Agriculture may retain from various sources.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.