Senate Bill No. 229
(By Senators Anderson, Ross, Sharpe, Ball, Schoonover,
Fanning, Love, Helmick, Dittmar, Kessler, Bowman, Snyder,
Edgell, Mitchell, Hunter, Sprouse and Minear)
____________
[Introduced January 27, 1999;
referred to the Committee
on Agriculture; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
____________
A BILL to amend article one, chapter nineteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section four-c,
relating to allowing the department of agriculture to
continue its current practice of depositing certain
agricultural moneys into a central fund.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter nineteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section four- c, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
§19-1-4c. Central depository for fees.
All money collected under this chapter, excluding any
designated in article one-a; article two-g; article twenty-one;
article twenty-one-a; article twenty-one-b; article twenty-three;
article twenty-five; article twenty-six; article twenty-seven;
and that specifically designated for deposit in the general fund
in article sixteen-a, section twenty-three, shall be deposited in
a special revenue account entitled: "AGRICULTURAL FEES". These
moneys shall be expended by the commissioner of agriculture for
the purpose of the enforcement and administration of this
chapter.
__________S
(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to enable the
commissioner of the department of agriculture to continue
depositing money received for licenses, fees, fines and other
revenue into a central fund (FUND 1401). The bill does not
increase or add any fees.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.)