SB323 SFAT CARMICHAEL 3-13

Bailey 7965

            Senator Carmichael moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

            Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 323--A Bill to amend and reenact §8-1-5a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the municipal home rule pilot program generally; allowing participation of thirty Class I, Class II and Class III municipalities; allowing participation of four Class IV municipalities; continuing ordinances in effect; removing requirements that municipal home rule board must approve a municipality’s amendment to its home rule plan and that a municipal ordinance is nullified if the municipality's amendment to its home rule plan is not approved by the municipal home rule board; enlarging the pool of eligible municipalities that may participate in the pilot program to thirty; removing requirement that the board approve each municipal ordinance prior to enactment; removing process for enacting ordinance; authorizing amendments to municipal ordinances, acts, resolutions, rules, or regulations enacted pursuant the municipality’s approved written plan; removing provisions prohibiting municipality from enacting ordinance, act, resolution, rule or regulation after the pilot program terminates in 2019; prohibiting municipalities from seeking refunds of moneys collected from taxpayers or monies distributed to municipalities by the tax division under the pilot program: removing obsolete provisions; and reorganizing existing provisions.

Adopted

Rejected