HB 2973 Text

ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2973
(By Stalnaker, Tucker, Amores,
Manchin, Evans and Anderson )

[Passed March 7, 2007; in effect from passage.]

AN ACT finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state and directing the Auditor to issue warrants for the payment thereof.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE.
§1. Finding and declaring certain claims against the Department of Administration; Department of Education; Department of Health and Human Resources; Division of Corrections; Division of Forestry; Division of Highways; Division of Motor Vehicles; Division of Natural Resources; Division of Rehabilitation Services; Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training; Public Service Commission; Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority; Supreme Court of Appeals and the West Virginia State Police to be moral obligations of the state and directing payment thereof.

The Legislature has considered the findings of fact and recommendations reported to it by the Court of Claims concerning various claims against the state and agencies thereof and in respect to each of the following claims, the Legislature adopts those findings of fact as its own and in respect of certain claims herein, the Legislature has independently made findings of fact and determinations of award and hereby declares it to be the moral obligation of the state to pay each such claim in the amount specified below and directs the Auditor to issue warrants for the payment thereof out of any fund appropriated and available for the purpose.
(a) Claim against Department of Administration:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) AT & T Corporation$481,470.93
(b) Claims against the Department of Education:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Citizens Telecommunications Co. Of WV, dba
Frontier Communications of WV$136.83
(c) Claim against the Department of Health and Human Resources:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Citizens Telecommunications Co. Of WV, dba
Frontier Communications of WV$5,011.02
(d) Claims against the Division of Corrections:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Citizens Telecommunications Co. Of WV, dba
Frontier Communications of WV$5,473.36
(2) Public Employees Insurance Agency$207,273.95
(e) Claim against the Division of Forestry:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)

(1) Citizens Telecommunications Co. Of WV, dba

Frontier Communications of WV$299.38
(f) Claims against the Division of Highways:
(TO BE PAID FROM STATE ROAD FUND)
(1) Andrea Acord$109.78
(2) Carol P. Simmons Alderman$248.49
(3) Eva Balsar$57.90
(4) Beryl Beal$100.00
(5) Jeromey Chad Beller$12,500.00
(6) Diana Bender$800.00
(7) Linda Bird, as Admin. of the Estates of Emzie Sovine
and Mildred Sovine$250.00
(8) DeWitt Keith Blair$262.74
(9) Cathy R. Brown$344.74
(10) Roger Brown$327.83
(11) Teresa Lynn Brown$370.00
(12) Charles and Connie Browning$500.00
(13) Charles J. and Christina R. Bryant$1,000.00
(14) Lena R. Bryant$100.00
(15) Sharla Kay and Christopher M. Burgy$500.00
(16) Derek J. Clatterbuck$203.94
(17) Benjamin Clevinger$568.25
(18) Jackie L. Sr., and Carol S. Coomer$500.00
(19) Rita L. Cornell$500.00
(20) Tammy Crane$750.00
(21) Philip Dixon$249.55
(22) Diana S. Eggerichs$101.99
(23) Robert Craig and Amanda E. Ferrell$341.10
(24) Trudy L. Forster$450.23
(25) Mary Ann Fox$100.00
(26) Darla Furbee$1,012.97
(27) Gloria June Gallourakis$500.00
(28) Antoine E. Geraud$165.20
(29) Makhoul Ghareeb$500.00
(30) Connie Goins$437.78
(31) Lynn and Alicia Gomez$272.36
(32) Carol A. Green$574.40
(33) Jean Grimes and Alaina Stump$500.00
(34) Tony and Connie Sue Guzman$296.69
(35) Joann and Jerry Hainer$1,568.23
(36) Lucy and Amelia Hiles$1,949.10
(37) Nelson W. Hocking$500.00
(38) Timothy Allen Holstein$500.00
(39) Martha Hoschar$250.00
(40) Lori Hudnall$500.00
(41) Michelle Dawn Hudson$130.38
(42) Jessica L. Hughart Calloway$334.93
(43) Judith L. Jordan and Ora Gay James$68.90
(44) Paul J. Kees$237.27
(45) Teresa J. Kidd$102.82
(46) Janice L. Kingery$654.11
(47) Michael L. Klug$97.64
(48) Doris P. Lane$209.88
(49) Kimberly and Ryan Lantz$250.00
(50) Philip S. Lawrence$138.21
(51) David A. Ledford Jr.$343.15
(52) Kimberly Browning Lester$569.78
(53) Teresa Lien$496.99
(54) Bonnie Lipps $440.23
(55) Lonzo Lovejoy$500.00
(56) Warren Lowe Jr.$136.74
(57) Dena A. Matthews$500.00
(58) Elizabeth McClintock$338.92
(59) Wanda L. McGraw$500.00
(60) James R. and Roberta J. Meadows$350.00
(61) William J. Melton$500.00
(62) Dorothy Mercer$29,593.50
(63) Eric Merrifield$184.96
(64) Marlene Middleton, dba
The Cutting Edge$5,060.88
(65) Richard and Melinda Miller$110,000.00
(66) Robert L. Napier$422.15
(67) Truda Null$13,000.00
(68) Jane O'Brien, as Admin. of the Estate
of William Paul O'Brien$50,000.00
(69) Panhandle Homes Inc.$325.00
(70) John M. Parks$500.00
(71) Robert Pearson$135.00
(72) Tera Pendleton$200.34
(73) Debra J. and Dwight D. Phillips$250.00
(74) Charles E. Plybon$65.00
(75) Clifford Porter$47.65
(76) Donald Ramsey$249.57
(77) Michael O. Ray$200.00
(78) Roy Rayburn$250.00
(79) Mark and Carla Riley$194.65
(80) Bobby and Edith Rollins$206.96
(81) Terri Roush$250.00
(82) James E. Rubenstein$500.00
(83) Michael Seabolt$176.72
(84) Donnie L. Shaw$2,000.00
(85) John Slaughter and Brandon Edwards$105.17
(86) Jeremy and Pamela Sloan$144.55
(87) Robert C. Small$336.50
(88) Daniel and Valerie Smith$500.00
(89) Misty Brown Spaulding$373,979.52
(90) Marlyn Starcher$285.07
(91) Travis W. Tarr$175.11
(92) Woodrow W. Vance$441.45
(93) Roger Virden$100.00
(94) Alex Ward$432.13
(95) Kevin A. Wiggins and
Beth Ellen Reaves$500.00
(96) Melissa Gail Williams$500.00
(97) Kathy L. Williamson$500.00
(98) Kathy Wills, Executrix of the
Estate of David Wayne Wills$500.00
(99) Rickey A. and Bonnie D. Wright$500.00
(g) Claims against the Division of Motor Vehicles:
(TO BE PAID FROM STATE ROAD FUND)
(1) Citizens Telecommunications Co. Of WV, dba
Frontier Communications of WV$3,643.57
(2) Rebecca J. Hess$50.00
(3) Homer J. Wilson III$155.00
(h) Claim against the Division of Natural Resources:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Citizens Telecommunications Co. Of WV, dba
Frontier Communications of WV$1,449.86
(i) Claims against the Division of Rehabilitation Services:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Citizens Telecommunications Co. Of WV, dba
Frontier Communications of WV$120.11
(2) NDC Health Corporation$10,786.56
(j) Claim against the Office of Miners' Health, Safety, and Training:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) John W. Cruse$6,045.32
(k) Claims against the Public Service Commission:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Audra L. Blackwell$15,412.00
(2) Country Inn & Suites$3,325.58
(l) Claims against Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Delores J. Cain$13.70
(2) Phillip Terry Delaney$65.00
(3) Fred Maynard$10.00
(4) Michelle Pownall$310.00
(5) Arretta Jane Walker$2,920.72
(m) Claim against the Supreme Court of Appeals:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Citizens Telecommunications Co. Of WV, dba
Frontier Communications of WV$2,553.62
(n) Claim against the WV State Police:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Citizens Telecommunications Co. Of WV, dba
Frontier Communications of WV$5,695.43
The Legislature finds that the above moral obligations and the appropriations made in satisfaction thereof shall be the full compensation for all claimants and that prior to the payments to any claimant provided in this bill, the Court of Claims shall receive a release from said claimant releasing any and all claims for moral obligations arising from the matters considered by the Legislature in the finding of the moral obligations and the making of the appropriations for said claimant. The Court of Claims shall deliver all releases obtained from claimants to the department against which the claim was allowed.

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