WEST virginia legislature

2023 regular session

Enrolled

Senate Bill 207

By Senators Jeffries and Plymale

[Passed February 01, 2023; in effect 90 days from passage]

AN ACT to amend and reenact §5B-2-4a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the state allocation of funding to regional councils; and eliminating the maximum state allocation allowed to each eligible regional council.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

article 2. department of economic development.

§5B-2-4a. State allocation to regional councils.

The Department of Economic Development may enter into contractual agreements with the regional councils formed under §8-25-5 of this code to provide funding to the regional councils to be used to obtain federal matching grants and for other purposes determined to be appropriate by the department: Provided, That the amount of any allocation shall be determined by dividing the number of eligible regional councils into the total amount of funds made available for allocation by the Legislature. The Department of Economic Development shall develop criteria to determine a regional council’s eligibility for the state allocation.