HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 111
(By Delegates Mezzatesta, Michael,
Beach, Tabb, Stalnaker and Long)
[Introduced February 27, 2004; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West
Virginia, amending section twenty, article VI thereof, all
relating to the seat of government; providing that the
offices, agencies, departments, and any and all entities of
the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state
government may be located anywhere in the state as provided by
law
; designating such proposed amendment; and providing a
summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed
amendment.
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of
the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:
That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment
to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to
the voters of the state at the next general election to be held in
the year two thousand four, which proposed amendment is that section twenty, article VI thereof be amended, all to read as
follows:
ARTICLE VI. THE LEGISLATURE.
§20. Seat of government.
The seat of government shall be at Charleston, until otherwise
provided by law.
The offices, agencies, departments, and any and
all entities of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of
state government may be located anywhere in the state as provided
by law.
Resolved Further, That in accordance with the provisions of
article eleven, chapter three of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, such proposed
amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment No. 1" and designated as
the "State Government Improvement Amendment" and the purpose of the
proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "To amend the State
Constitution to permit the offices, agencies, departments, and any
and all entities of the executive, legislative and judicial
branches of state government to be located anywhere in the state."
NOTE: The purpose of this resolution is to provide that the
offices, agencies, departments, and any and all entities of the
executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government
may be located anywhere in the state as provided by law.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present Constitution, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.
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