WEST virginia legislature

2023 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2904

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

[Introduced January 23, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL supplementing and amending Chapter 11, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 2022, known as the budget bill, in Title II from the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Commerce, Office of the Secretary, fund 0606, fiscal year 2023, organization 0327, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, by adding a new item of appropriation.

Whereas, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature on January 11, 2023, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2022, and further included the estimate of revenue for the fiscal year 2023, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus appropriations for the fiscal year 2023, and further included recommended expirations to the unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue; and

Whereas, It appears from the Governor’s Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, there now remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the Treasury which is available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023; therefore

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That Chapter 11, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 2022, known as the budget bill, to fund 0606, fiscal year 2023, organization 0327 be supplemented and amended to read as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

39. - Department of Commerce –

Office of the Secretary

(WV Code Chapter 19)

Fund 0606 FY 2023 Org 0327

        General

Appro- Revenue

priation Fund

1 Personal Services and Employee Benefits 00100 $ 1,374,092

2 Salary and Benefits of Cabinet Secretary and

3 Agency Heads 00201 153,750

4 Unclassified 09900 1,490

5 Current Expenses 13000 353,147

5a Directed Transfer – Surplus 70099 1,000,000

6 Total $ 2,882,479

7 The above appropriation for Directed Transfer – Surplus (fund 0606, appropriation 70099) 8 shall be transferred to the Marketing and Communications Operating Fund (fund 3002).

NOTE: The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2023.