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Charleston, W. Va., Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Prayer was offered by the Reverend Lewis H. Beck, Jr., Philippian Chapel, Philippi, West Virginia. St. Agnes School's second grade class, Charleston, West Virginia, then led the Senate in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Pending the reading of the Journal of Tuesday, February 12, 2008,
This is to notify you that in accordance with the provisions of the Open Government Proceedings Act §6-9A, et seq., of the West Virginia Code, timely notice of the meeting of the Board of the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority (WVRJCFA) was filed November 13, 2007, with the Secretary of State's office for publication in the West Virginia State Register.
The meeting was held December 6, 2007, at 1:30 p.m., in the Conference Room of the WVRJCFA at 1325 Virginia Street East in Charleston, West Virginia. As the duly elected Chairman of the Board of WVRJCFA, I am authorized to advise you that a quorum was ascertained and by a majority vote and in accordance with West Virginia Code §31-20, et seq., Terry Miller was appointed, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, as Executive Director, to serve at the will and pleasure of the Board, for a term of five years to commence on December 10, 2007.
Accordingly, I am herewith submitting the name of Terry Miller as Executive Director for the WVRJCFA for the confirmation process of the West Virginia State Senate.
Which communication was received and referred to the Committee on Confirmations and incorporated with the nominations received earlier this session; all to be considered as a special order of business for Saturday, March 8, 2008, at 11 a.m.
Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 9, Mandating firearm safety program in public schools.
Senate Bill No. 139, Creating fund to reimburse National Guard group life insurance premiums.
Senate Bill No. 193, Allowing lenders' sale of home and automobile membership plans.
Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 193 (originating in the Committee on Banking and Insurance)--A Bill to amend and reenact §46A-4-110 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the sale of membership plans by consumer lenders; defining membership plans; specifying conditions for sale of plans by licensees; and requiring enrollment authorizations to be filed with the commissioner.
Senate Bill No. 287, Establishing West Virginia Research Trust Fund.
Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 287 (originating in the Committee on Education)--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §18B- 18A-1, §18B-18A-2, §18B-18A-3, §18B-18A-4, §18B-18A-5, §18B-18A-6, §18B-18A-7, §18B-18A-8, §18B-18A-9, §18B-18A-10, §18B-18A-11 and §18B-18A-12, all relating to public higher education; research; establishing the West Virginia Research Trust Fund; legislative findings; defining terms; creating special account in the State Treasury; providing for allocation of moneys; authorizing Marshall University and West Virginia University to establish directed research endowments; providing requirements for and administration of directed research endowments; authorizing use of investment earnings; prohibiting expenditure of principal in directed research endowments; providing criteria and restrictions for qualified private donations and qualified private donation pledges; establishing eligible uses of directed research endowment proceeds; requiring directed research endowment plans; establishing criteria and procedures for distribution of matching moneys from the West Virginia Research Trust Fund and providing for reallocation of moneys under certain conditions; requiring participating institutions to return unmatched moneys to the trust fund under certain circumstances; authorizing distribution of certain moneys to state colleges; directing and authorizing Higher Education Policy Commission to promulgate rules; and requiring annual reports.
Senate Bill No. 564, Relating to higher education tuition and fees waivers.
Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 564 (originating in the Committee on Education)--A Bill to amend and reenact §18-19-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §18B-10-5 and §18B-10-6 of said code, all relating to waivers of higher education tuition and fees; clarifying eligibility requirements for certain applicants; changing method of calculating limits on waivers of tuition and fees; and exempting tuition and fee waivers granted to higher education employees, spouses and dependents and all tuition and fee waivers authorized by statute from calculation of limits on percentage of tuition and fee waivers granted by state institutions of higher education.
The bills (Com. Sub. for S. B. Nos. 287 and 564), under the original double committee references, were then referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senator Oliverio, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report, which was received:
Senate Bill No. 290, Creating felony offense of unauthorized practice of medicine, surgery or podiatry by physician assistants.
Senate Bill No. 355, Authorizing Alcohol Beverage Control Commission promulgate legislative rules relating to sale of wine.
Senate Bill No. 406, Authorizing Commissioner of Highways promulgate legislative rule relating to construction and reconstruction of state roads.
Senate Bill No. 408, Authorizing Commissioner of Highways promulgate legislative rule relating to use of state road rights of ways and adjacent areas.
Senate Bill No. 409, Authorizing Commissioner of Highways promulgate legislative rule relating to transportation of hazardous wastes upon roads and highways.
Senate Bill No. 433, Authorizing Division of Motor Vehicles promulgate legislative rule relating to examination and issuance of driver's licenses.
Senate Bill No. 407, Authorizing Commissioner of Highways promulgate legislative rule relating to traffic and safety rules.
Senate Bill No. 434, Authorizing Division of Motor Vehicles promulgate legislative rule relating to disclosure of information from files of division.
Senate Bill No. 453, Authorizing State Police promulgate legislative rule relating to West Virginia State Police Career Progression System.
Senate Bill No. 609, Creating Innovation and Development Act.
Senate Bill No. 610, Eliminating Saturday school prohibition.
Senate Bill No. 651--A Bill to amend and reenact §62-6-6a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to disposition of prisoners.
By Senators Minard, Oliverio, Bailey, Prezioso, Jenkins, Facemyer, Chafin, Edgell, Fanning, Plymale, Love, Hunter, Stollings, Caruth, Helmick, Foster, Guills, Bowman, Tomblin (Mr. President), Green, Kessler, Deem, McKenzie and White:
Senate Bill No. 652--A Bill to amend and reenact §20-5-16 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing the Director of the Division of Natural Resources to enter into contracts granting long-term usage and related rights and privileges to third parties sufficient to attract private investment for the financing, construction and operation of additional lodging units at Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park; and directing the Director of the Division of Natural Resources to file emergency and legislative rules governing any such long-term usage contracts and related rights and privileges.
By Senators Minard and White:
Senate Bill No. 653--A Bill to amend and reenact §33-6-5a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to application requirements for life and accident and sickness insurance.
Senate Bill No. 654--A Bill finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state; and directing the Auditor to issue warrants for the payment thereof.
By Senators Wells, Hunter, White, Minard, Bailey, Love, Barnes, Green, Sypolt and Kessler:
Senate Bill No. 655--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5-16-7f, relating to public employees insurance coverage for maternity and post-delivery care to dependants of state employees who become pregnant.
By Senators Facemyer, Love and White:
Senate Bill No. 656--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §20-2-65, relating to providing a single resident license for all hunting, fishing and trapping; and providing that one percent of the General Revenue Fund each fiscal year is dedicated for use by the Division of Natural Resources.
By Senators Kessler, McKenzie and Plymale:
Senate Bill No. 657--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §21-1D-1, §21-1D-2, §21-1D-3, §21-1D-4, §21-1D-5, §21- 1D-6, §21-1D-7, §21-1D-8 and §21-1D-9, all relating to the West Virginia Alcohol and Drug-Free Workplace Act; definitions; statement of policy; requiring public improvement contractors to have and implement a drug-free workplace program that requires drug and alcohol testing; requiring a drug-free workplace policy to be posted at a public improvement construction site; requiring drug-free workplace records and contents be open for inspection; penalties; and providing that this article shall only apply to contracts awarded after this article takes effect.
By Senators Wells, Fanning, Boley, Oliverio, Foster, Barnes, Green, McKenzie, Hunter, Minard, Love, Jenkins, Prezioso, Stollings, Plymale, Edgell, White and Kessler:
Senate Bill No. 658--A Bill to amend and reenact §17A-3-14 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Division of Motor Vehicles to create and issue a Stop Domestic Violence license plate for passenger vehicles and motorcycles.
By Senators Tomblin (Mr. President), Plymale and Kessler:
Senate Bill No. 659--A Bill to amend and reenact §14-2A-3 and §14-2A-14 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to crime victims' compensation.
By Senators Plymale, Jenkins and Love:
Senate Bill No. 660--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §60A-4-413, relating to penalties for any person who manufactures, sells or dispenses controlled drugs classified in Schedules I, II or III which result in death from the injection, inhalation or ingestion of those drugs.
Senate Bill No. 661--A Bill to amend and reenact §61-3B-2 and §61-3B-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to increasing penalties for certain criminal trespassing offenses.
Senate Bill No. 662--A Bill to amend and reenact §16-29B-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring hospitals to report to the State Board of Health their charity policies, how the hospital publicizes their charity care policy and their collection policies for bad debt; and requiring the State Board of Health to adopt a charity care policy for free charity care for certain uninsured citizens by the first day of January, two thousand nine.
Senate Joint Resolution No. 13--Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending article VI by adding thereto a new section, designated section fifty-seven, relating to dedicating one percent of general revenue to the Division of Natural Resources to be used to fund activities intended to promote and preserve the state's wildlife resources and to fund law-enforcement activities involving the Division of Natural Resources; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment.
Senators Unger, Jenkins, Prezioso, Stollings and Kessler offered the following resolution:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 50--Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the recruitment, retention and value of volunteer firefighters in the State of West Virginia.
That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby requested to study the recruitment, retention and value of volunteer firefighters in the State of West Virginia; and, be it
Senators Foster, McCabe, Wells, Sprouse, Bailey, Green and Stollings offered the following resolution:
Senate Resolution No. 16--Recognizing the Children's Theatre of Charleston on its 75th anniversary.
Senators Plymale, Jenkins, Oliverio, Prezioso, Stollings, White and Kessler offered the following resolution:
Senate Resolution No. 17--Congratulating West Virginia teachers on obtaining certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Whereas, The mission of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is to advance the quality of teaching and learning by maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do, providing a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet these standards and advocating related education reforms to integrate National Board Certification in American education and to capitalize on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers; and
Whereas, The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards offers 25 certificates that cover a variety of subject areas and student developmental levels and are applicable to more than 95 percent of America's teachers; and
Whereas, National Board Certification is the most prestigious credential a teacher can earn; and
Whereas, In 2007, the following teachers in West Virginia obtained certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: Sheila Cain, Catherine Burke, Tonya Ferguson, Mary Anne Morris, Mary Lind, Gale Boden, Nicole Montgomery, Pamela Hunter, Cathy Grewe, Michele Adams, Karen Greenfield, Diana Tucker, Heather Holbert, Vaughn Rhudy, Carolyn Carr, Kathryn Copley, Aleta Crotty, Lorren Jones, Linda Chapman, Amy Cowgill, Kimberly Hughes, Rhonda Estep, Nancy Holdsworth, Kim Pulice, Paula Wykle, Jill O'Dell, Marsha Roberts, Margaret Hattman, Luanna Moore, Chassie Barkley, Laura Vanhorn, Sharon Pitts, Bradley Sorge, Lisa Moser, Toni Hartung, Sandra Gilmore, Teresa Games, Valerie Carlsen, Kristi Barker, Tammy Mcknight, Karen Keener, Edna Flowers, Lori Woods, Anna Carpenter, Alyssa Mick, Barbara Coffman, Megan Johnson, Martha Randolph, Janet Sears, Lissa Dulick, Lezlie Barton, Blanca Skaggs, Leah Lewis, Diane Hayes, Donna Myers, Melanie Davis, Kathy Williams, Mary Pannone, Stephanie Runion, Rebecca Jones, William Gibson, Tina Cooper, Tonji Bowen, Misty Nelson, Cynthia Peel, Lisa Kerns, Victoria Kane, Lola Brown and Robert Crawford; therefore, be it
That the Senate hereby congratulates West Virginia teachers on obtaining certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to each teacher named herein.
Senators Prezioso, Stollings, McCabe, Minard, Oliverio, Jenkins, Edgell, White and Kessler offered the following resolution:
Senate Resolution No. 18--Designating February 13, 2008, as "Children's Day".
Whereas, It is our responsibility as a community to care for, protect and nurture our children; and
Whereas, It is our responsibility to promote the health, well- being, and education of our children as we prepare them for the challenges of adult life; and
Whereas, It is our responsibility to involve ourselves in seeking opportunities to serve the needs of our children in order to help them achieve their highest potential; and
Whereas, Our children are the future teachers, workers and leaders of West Virginia; therefore, be it
That the Senate hereby designates February 13, 2008, as "Children's Day"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Senate recognizes its responsibility to the children of West Virginia and its commitment to their preparation for a productive future; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the representatives of Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia, the West Virginia Healthy Kids & Families Coalition and the West Virginia Child Advocacy Network.
Senator Stollings presented a petition from Jeannie McCleese and numerous West Virginia residents, supporting House Bill No. 3025 (Removing the ten year limitation on executing liens for child support).
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 48, Requesting Division of Highways name bridge in Puritan Mines, Mingo County, "Rev. Glen and Gladys Merritt Bridge".
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 49, Requesting Division of Highways name bridge in Mingo County "Private Lawrence Ooten Memorial Bridge".
Eng. Senate Bill No. 298, Updating definitions relating to child abuse and neglect.
On the passage of the bill, the yeas were: Bailey, Barnes, Boley, Bowman, Caruth, Chafin, Deem, Edgell, Facemyer, Foster, Green, Guills, Hall, Helmick, Hunter, Jenkins, Love, McCabe, McKenzie, Minard, Oliverio, Plymale, Prezioso, Sprouse, Stollings, Sypolt, Unger, Wells, White, Yoder and Tomblin (Mr. President)--31.
Absent: Fanning, Kessler and Sharpe--3.
Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 481, Authorizing physician assistants to conduct mental health hygiene process examinations.
So, a majority of all the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. No. 481) passed with its title.
Eng. Senate Bill No. 627, Designating terroristic threat as felony.
So, a majority of all the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. S. B. No. 627) passed with its title.
On motion of Senator Chafin, leaves of absence for the day were granted Senators Sharpe, Kessler and Fanning.
On motion of Senator Chafin, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, February 14, 2008, at 11 a.m.