H. B. 4815
(By Delegates Blair, Wakim, Duke, Overington and Roberts)
[Introduced February 24, 2006; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §4-1-18
of
the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended,
relating to the budget bill generally; and
providing that approved member requests for budget digest
funds shall be distributed equally.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §4-1-18 of
the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. OFFICERS, MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES; APPROPRIATIONS;
INVESTIGATIONS; DISPLAY OF FLAGS; RECORDS; USE OF
CAPITOL BUILDING; PREFILING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS;
STANDING COMMITTEES; INTERIM MEETINGS; NEXT MEETING
OF THE SENATE.
§4-1-18. Legislature to prepare digest of budget bill;
distribution.
The Legislature, acting by its appropriate committees, shall consider the budget bill, the budget document and matters relating
thereto, and following such consideration and upon the passage of
the budget bill by the Legislature, the Legislature shall prepare
a digest or summary of the budget bill containing detailed
information similar to that included in the budget document
submitted to the Legislature by the Governor but including
amendments of legislative committees, and as finally enacted by the
Legislature. Such digest or summary shall be prepared at the
direction of and approved by members of the conferees committee on
the budget and shall be included in the journals of the Legislature
or printed as a separate document, and copies shall be furnished to
the Governor, Commissioner of Finance and Administration and the
various state spending units for such use as may be deemed proper.
Each member of the Legislature who desires to submit budget
digest requests to be considered as part of the budget process
shall do so in accordance with this section and procedures
determined by each legislative body. The aggregate dollar amount
of member requests which are ultimately approved shall be adjusted
proportionally so that each approved request shall be funded on an
equal pro rata basis.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that approved
member requests for budget digest funds shall be distributed
equally.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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