COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 118
(By Senators Bowman, Jackson, Plymale and White)
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[Originating in the Committee on Education;
reported March 17, 1997.]
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A BILL to amend article one, chapter twenty-nine of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
fifteen, relating to creating a special student enrichment
transportation fund for the purpose of school sponsored
educational trips to anywhere within the boundaries of the
state of West Virginia; and administration by the secretary
of education and the arts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
fifteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF CULTURE AND HISTORY.
§29-1-15. Student enrichment transportation fund.
There is hereby created a special fund in the state treasury
which shall be designated and known as the "student enrichment
fund". The fund shall consist of all appropriations to the fund,
all interest earned from the investment of the fund and any
gifts, grants or contributions received by the fund.
The secretary of education and the arts shall administer the
fund pursuant to standards and criteria specifically designed to
provide for the allocation and distribution of funds for the
purpose of school sponsored educational trips to anywhere within
the boundaries of the state of West Virginia. This fund will be
structured so that there will be one thousand dollars allotted
for each county to be used for the purposes described in this
section.
The standards and criteria established for the allocation of
these funds shall be established by legislative rule, proposed
for legislative approval pursuant to the provisions of article
three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
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(NOTE: TThis section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.)
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FINANCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
On page___, section fifteen, line ___, after the word
"special" by inserting the word "revenue";
And,
On page___, section fifteen, lines ___ through ___,
after the words "boundaries of", by striking out the remainder of
the paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the words "this state".
And,
The Committee on Finance moved to amend the bill Oon page one, by striking out the title and substituting
therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 118--A Bill to amend
article one, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding
thereto a new section, designated section fifteen, relating to
creating a special revenue fund to be known as the student
enrichment fund to be used for school sponsored educational trips
in this state; requiring the secretary of education and the arts
to administer the fund; and requiring the promulgation of a
legislative rule to establish standards and criteria for
allocation of the fund.
Adopted
Rejected
Adopted
Rejected