WEST virginia legislature

2026 regular session

Enrolled

Senate Bill 781

By Senator Barrett

[Passed March 10, 2026; in effect from passage]

AN ACT expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, in the amount of $23,983,793 from the Governor’s Office – Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105, fiscal year 2024, organization 0100, appropriation 85700 and making a supplementary appropriation 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 Higher Education Policy Commission – Administration – Control Account, fund 0589, fiscal year 2026, organization 0441, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

WHEREAS, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature on January 14, 2026, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2025, and further included the estimate of revenue for the fiscal year 2026, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus appropriations for the fiscal year 2026, 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, 2026; therefore

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the balance of the funds available for expenditure in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, in the Governor’s Contingent Fund, fund 0105, fiscal year 2024, organization 0100, appropriation 85700, be decreased by expiring the amount of $23,983,793 to the unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue, to be available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

And, That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0589, fiscal year 2026, organization 0441, be supplemented and amended by creating a new item of appropriation as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

Higher Education Policy Commission

139 – Higher Education Policy Commission –

Administration –

Control Account

(WV Code Chapter 18B and 18C)

Fund 0589 FY 2026 Org 0441

General

Appro- Revenue

priation Fund

6a Institutional Deferred Maintenance - Surplus (R) xxxxx 38,983,793

The Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates hereby certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.

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Clerk of the Senate

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Clerk of the House of Delegates

Originated in the Senate.

In effect from passage.

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President of the Senate

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Speaker of the House of Delegates

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The within is ................................................ this the...........................................

Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2026.

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Governor