WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 SECOND EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
Introduced House Bill 217
By Senators Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Hornbuckle [By Request of the Executive]
[Introduced ; referred to the Committee on the ]
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1 A BILL supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury from
2 the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund,
3 General Revenue, to the Department of Arts, Culture, and History, Division of Culture and
4 History, fund 0293, fiscal year 2025, organization 0432, by supplementing and amending
5 the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
1 WHEREAS, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature
2 on January 10, 2024, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth
3 therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2023, and further included the estimate of revenue for the
4 fiscal year 2024, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus
5 appropriations for the fiscal year 2024, and further included recommended expirations to the
6 unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue; and
1 WHEREAS, The Governor submitted to the Legislature an Executive Message dated May
2 19, 2024, which included a revised estimate of revenues for the State Fund, General Revenue,
3 and recommended supplementary appropriations for the fiscal year 2024; and
1 WHEREAS, The Governor submitted to the Legislature an Executive Message dated
2 September 30, 2024, which included a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting
3 forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2024, and further included the estimate of revenue for
4 the fiscal year 2025, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus
5 appropriations for the fiscal year 2025; and
1 WHEREAS, It appears from the Executive Message, Statement of the State Fund, General
2 Revenue, there remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Treasury which is
3 available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025;
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
1 That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, to fund 0293, fiscal
2 year 2025, organization 0432, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of
3 appropriation as follows:
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4 TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.
5 Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.
6 DEPARTMENT OF ARTS, CULTURE, AND HISTORY
7 51 - Division of Culture and History
8 (W.V. Code Chapter 29)
9 Fund 0293 FY 2025 Org 0432
10 General
11 Appro- Revenue
12 priation Fund
13 15a Capitol Rotunda Statue Project – Surplus.......................... XXXXX 300,000
NOTE: The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of
appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2025.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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