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The Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of Tuesday, June 24, 2008, being the first order of business, when the further reading thereof was dispensed with and the same approved.
H. B. 212, Establishing a testing schedule for school bus operators,
An amendment, recommended by the Committee on Education, was reported by the Clerk and adopted, amending the bill on page three, line ten, section eight-e, by striking out the word "competency" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "recertification".
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 572), and there were--yeas 89, nays none, absent and not voting 11, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
Absent And Not Voting: Ashley, Beach, Craig, Doyle, Eldridge, Hatfield, Reynolds, Rodighiero, Stalnaker, Walters and Wysong.
The question being on the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 573), and there were--yeas 89, nays none, absent and not voting 11, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
So, a majority of the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (H. B. 212) passed.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 574), and there were--yeas 89, nays none, absent and not voting 11, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
H. B. 217, Requiring employment preference to professional educators for summer school programs,
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 575), and there were--yeas 90, nays none, absent and not voting 10, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
Absent And Not Voting: Ashley, Beach, Doyle, Eldridge, Hatfield, Reynolds, Rodighiero, Stalnaker, Walters and Wysong.
The question being on the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 576), and there were--yeas 91, nays none, absent and not voting 9, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
Absent And Not Voting: Ashley, Beach, Doyle, Eldridge, Hatfield, Rodighiero, Stalnaker, Walters and Wysong.
So, a majority of the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (H. B. 217) passed.
H. B. 215, Eliminating consecutive term limits for library boards of directors,
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 577), and there were--yeas 91, nays none, absent and not voting 9, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
The question being on the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 578), and there were--yeas 90, nays 1, absent and not voting 9, with the nays and absent and not voting being as follows:
So, a majority of the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (H. B. 215) passed.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 579), and there were--yeas 91, nays none, absent and not voting 9, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
Still being in possession of the Clerk, at the request of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, H. B. 212 was taken up for further consideration.
On motion of Delegate DeLong, the House of Delegates then reconsidered the vote on the effective date of the bill.
The Speaker then inquired if there were amendments to the title.
An amendment to the title of the bill, recommended by the Committee on Education, was then reported by the Clerk and adopted, amending the title to read as follows:
H. B. 212 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §18A-4-8e of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to competency and recertification testing for service personnel; and establishing a recertification testing schedule for school bus operators."
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 580), and there were--yeas 91, nays none, absent and not voting 9, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
H. B. 211, Requiring certain purchasers of catalytic converters to obtain and maintain information from the sellers,
H. B. 213, Relating to bona fide residents wholly or solely owning greyhounds,
At the respective requests of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, H. B. 211 was taken up for immediate consideration and read a second time.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 581), and there were--yeas 93, nays none, absent and not voting 7, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
Absent And Not Voting: Ashley, Beach, Hatfield, Rodighiero, Stalnaker, Walters and Wysong.
Having been engrossed, the bill was then ordered to third reading.
The question being on the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 582), and there were--yeas 93, nays none, absent and not voting 7, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
So, a majority of the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (H. B. 211) passed.
At the respective requests of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, H. B. 213 was taken up for immediate consideration and read a second time.
On motion of Delegates Proudfoot and Webster, the bill was amended on page thirteen, section ten, line twelve, by striking out the words "for review" and inserting in lieu thereof, the words "be reviewed".
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 583), and there were--yeas 83, nays 10, absent and not voting 7, with the nays and absent and not voting being as follows:
Nays: Armstead, Blair, Border, Brown, Craig, Duke, Lane, C. Miller, Overington and Sumner.
The question being on the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 584), and there were--yeas 78, nays 15, absent and not voting 7, with the nays and absent and not voting being as follows:
Nays: Armstead, Blair, Border, Brown, Duke, Kominar, Lane, Michael, C. Miller, Overington, Porter, Sobonya, Spencer, Sumner and Tansill.
So, a majority of the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (H. B. 213) passed.
H. B. 219, Relating to the regulation and control of elections,
(1) West Virginia has a relatively small population with correspondingly small legislative and other voting districts.
(3) When the relatively small size of the State's legislative and other voting districts is combined with the economics and typical uses of various forms of electioneering communication, history shows that non-broadcast media is and will continue to be a widely used means of making campaign related communications to target relevant audiences. Consequently, non-broadcast communications are more prevalent during elections.
(6) Disclosure by persons and entities that make expenditures for communications that expressly advocate the election or defeat of clearly identified candidates is a reasonable and minimally restrictive method of furthering First Amendment values by public exposure of the state election system.
(8) The regulation of the various types of non-broadcast media embodied within the amendments enacted during the Second Extraordinary Session of Two Thousand Eight, in addition to broadcast media, is tailored to meet the unique circumstances found in the State of West Virginia,
(13) In West Virginia, contributions up to the amounts specified in this article adequately allow contributors to express their opinions, level of support and their affiliations.
(14) In West Virginia, candidates can raise sufficient monies to fund effective campaigns from contributions no larger than the amounts specified in this article.
(15) In West Virginia, campaign expenditures by entities and persons who are not candidates have been increasing. Public confidence is eroded when substantial amounts of such money, the source of which is hidden or disguised, is expended. This is particularly true during the final days of a campaign.
(16) Large contributions and large expenditures by persons or committees, other than the candidate, reduce public confidence in the electoral process and increase the appearance that candidates and elected officials will not act in the best interests of the state's citizens generally.
(17) In West Virginia, contributions to political organizations (defined in Section 527(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) substantially larger than the amounts permitted to be received by a candidate's political committee have been recorded and are considered by the legislature to be large contributions.
(18) Robust debate of issues, candidate interaction with the electorate, and public involvement and confidences in the electoral process have decreased as campaign expenditures by persons or committees, other than the candidate, have increased.
(19) Independent expenditures intended to influence candidates' campaigns in the State are increasingly utilizing non-broadcast media to support or defeat candidates.
(20) Citizen interest, participation and confidence in the electoral process are lessened by excessively long and expensive campaigns.
(21) Identification of persons or entities funding political advertisements assists in enforcement of the contribution and expenditure limitations established by this article and simply informs voters of the actual identities of persons or entities advocating the election or defeat of candidates.
(22) Identification of persons or entities funding political advertisements allows voters to evaluate the credibility of the message contained in the advertisement.
(23) Concomitant with the first amendment right of the political speaker is the first amendment right of the listener. Disclosure of the identity of persons or entities funding political communications regarding candidates bolsters the right of listeners to be fully informed.
(2) 'Billboard' means a commercially available outdoor advertisement, sign or similar display regularly available for lease or rental to advertise a person, place or product.
(2)(3) 'Broadcast, cable or satellite communication' means a communication that is publicly distributed by a television station, radio station, cable television system or satellite system.
(3)(4) 'Candidate' means an individual who:
(4)(5) 'Candidate's committee' means a political committee established with the approval of or in cooperation with a candidate or a prospective candidate to explore the possibilities of seeking a particular office or to support or aid his or her nomination or election to an office in an election cycle. If a candidate directs or influences the activities of more than one active committee in a current campaign, those committees shall be considered one committee for the purpose of contribution limits.
(5)(6) 'Clearly identified' means that the name, nickname, photograph, drawing or other depiction of the candidate appears or the identity of the candidate is otherwise apparent through an unambiguous reference, such as 'the Governor,' 'your Senator' or 'the incumbent' or through an unambiguous reference to his or her status as a candidate, such as 'the Democratic candidate for Governor' or 'the Republican candidate for Supreme Court of Appeals.'
(6)(7) 'Contribution' means a gift subscription, assessment, payment for services, dues, advance, donation, pledge, contract, agreement, forbearance or promise of money or other tangible thing of value, whether conditional or legally enforceable, or a transfer of money or other tangible thing of value to a person, made for the purpose of influencing the nomination, election or defeat of a candidate. An offer or tender of a contribution is not a contribution if expressly and unconditionally rejected or returned. A contribution does not include volunteer personal services provided without compensation: Provided, That a nonmonetary contribution is to be considered at fair market value for reporting requirements and contribution limitations.
(7)(8) 'Corporate political action committee' means a political action committee that is a separate segregated fund of a corporation that may only accept contributions from its restricted group as outlined by the rules of the State Election Commission.
(8)(9) 'Direct costs of purchasing, producing or disseminating electioneering communications' means:
(9)(10) 'Disclosure date' means either of the following:
(10)(11) 'Election' means any primary, general or special election conducted under the provisions of this code or under the charter of any municipality at which the voters nominate or elect candidates for public office. For purposes of this article, each primary, general, special or local election constitutes a separate election. This definition is not intended to modify or abrogate the definition of the term 'nomination' as used in this article.
(11)(12) (A) 'Electioneering communication' means any paid communication made by broadcast, cable or satellite signal, mass mailing, telephone bank, leaflet, pamphlet, flyer or outdoor advertising billboard advertising, or published in any newspaper, magazine or other periodical that:
(13) 'Expressly advocating' means any communication that
(A) Uses phrases such as 'vote for the Governor,' 're-elect your Senator,' 'support the Democratic nominee for Supreme Court,' 'cast your ballot for the Republican challenger for House of Delegates,' 'Smith for House,' 'Bob Smith in '04,' 'vote Pro-Life' or 'vote Pro-Choice' accompanied by a listing of clearly identified candidates described as Pro-Life or Pro-Choice, 'vote against Old Hickory,' 'defeat' accompanied by a picture of one or more candidates, 'reject the incumbent,' or communications of campaign slogans or individual words, that in context can have no other reasonable meaning than to urge the election or defeat of one or more clearly identified candidates, such as posters, bumper stickers, advertisements, etc. which say 'Smith's the One,' 'Jones '06,' 'Baker'; or
(12)(14) 'Financial agent' means any individual acting for and by himself or herself, or any two or more individuals acting together or cooperating in a financial way to aid or take part in the nomination or election of any candidate for public office, or to aid or promote the success or defeat of any political party at any election.
(15) 'Functional equivalent' means a communication that is susceptible to no reasonable interpretation other than as an appeal to vote for or against a clearly identified candidate. 'Functional equivalent' does not include a communication that:
(A) Does not mention an election, candidacy, political party, opposing candidate or voting by the general public;
(B) Does not take a position on any candidate's or officeholder's character, qualifications, or fitness for office; and
(i) Focuses on a legislative, executive, or judicial matter or issue and
(ii) Proposes a commercial transaction, such as purchase of a book, video, or other product or service, or attendance (for a fee) at a film exhibition or other event.
(13)(16) 'Fund-raising event' means an event such as a dinner, reception, testimonial, cocktail party, auction or similar affair through which contributions are solicited or received by such means as the purchase of a ticket, payment of an attendance fee or by the purchase of goods or services.
(14)(17) 'Independent expenditure' means an expenditure by a person other than a candidate or a candidate's committee in support of or opposition to the nomination or election of one or more clearly identified candidates and without consultation or coordination with or at the request or suggestion of the candidate whose nomination or election the expenditure supports or opposes or the candidate's agent.
(A) Expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate or engaging in the functional equivalent thereof; and
(15)(18) 'Mass mailing' means a mailing by United States mail, facsimile or electronic mail of more than five hundred pieces of mail matter of an identical or substantially similar nature within any thirty-day period. For purposes of this subdivision, substantially similar includes communications that contain substantially the same template or language, but vary in non-material respects such as communications customized by the recipient's name, occupation, or geographic location.
(16)(19) 'Membership organization' means a group that grants bona fide rights and privileges, such as the right to vote, to elect officers or directors and the ability to hold office, to its members and which uses a majority of its membership dues for purposes other than political purposes. 'Membership organization' does not include organizations that grant membership upon receiving a contribution.
(17)(20) 'Name' means the full first name, middle name or initial, if any, and full legal last name of an individual and the full name of any association, corporation, committee or other organization of individuals, making the identity of any person who makes a contribution apparent by unambiguous reference.
(18)(21) 'Person' means an individual, partnership, committee, association and any other organization or group of individuals.
(19)(22) 'Political action committee' means a committee organized by one or more persons for the purpose of supporting or opposing the nomination or election of one or more candidates. The following are types of political action committees:
(B) A membership organization, as that term is defined by subdivision (16)(19) of this section;
(C) An unaffiliated political action committee, as that term is defined by subdivision (27)(30) of this section.
(20)(23) 'Political committee' means any candidate committee, political action committee or political party committee.
(21)(24) 'Political party' means a political party as that term is defined by section eight, article one of this chapter or any committee established, financed, maintained or controlled by the party, including any subsidiary, branch or local unit thereof and including national or regional affiliates of the party.
(22)(25) 'Political party committee' means a committee established by a political party or political party caucus for the purposes of engaging in the influencing of the election, nomination or defeat of a candidate in any election.
(23)(26) 'Political purposes' means supporting or opposing the nomination, election or defeat of one or more candidates or the passage or defeat of a ballot issue, supporting the retirement of the debt of a candidate or political committee or the administration or activities of an established political party or an organization which has declared itself a political party and determining the advisability of becoming a candidate under the precandidacy financing provisions of this chapter.
(24)(27) 'Targeted to the relevant electorate' means a communication which refers to a clearly identified candidate for statewide office or the Legislature and which can be received by ten thousand or more individuals in the state in the case of a candidacy for statewide office and five hundred or more individuals in the district in the case of a candidacy for the Legislature.
(25)(28) 'Telephone bank' means telephone calls that are targeted to the relevant electorate, other than telephone calls made by volunteer workers, regardless of whether paid professionals designed the telephone bank system, developed calling instructions or trained volunteers.
(26)(29) 'Two-year election cycle' means the 24-month period that begins the day after a general election and ends on the day of the subsequent general election.
(27)(30) 'Unaffiliated political action committee' means a political action committee that is not affiliated with a corporation or a membership organization.
(a) No person may act as the treasurer of any political action committee or political party committee supporting, aiding or opposing the nomination, election or defeat of any candidate for an office encompassing an election district larger than a county unless a written statement of organization, on a form to be prescribed by the Secretary of State, is filed with the Secretary of State at least twenty-eight days before the election at which that person is to act as a treasurer and is received by the Secretary of State before midnight, eastern standard time, of that day or, if mailed, is postmarked before that hour. The form shall include the name of the political committee; the name of the treasurer; the mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address, if applicable, of the committee and of the treasurer if different from the committee information; the chairman of the committee; the affiliate organization, if any; type of committee affiliation, as defined in subdivision (19) subdivisions (22) and (25), section one-a of this article, if any; and whether the committee will participate in statewide, county or municipal elections. The form shall be certified as accurate and true and signed by the chairman and the treasurer of the committee: Provided, That a change of treasurer or financial agent may be made at any time by filing a written statement with the Secretary of State.
(a) Every candidate, treasurer, person and association of persons, organization of any kind, including every corporation, directly, or indirectly, by an independent expenditure, supporting a political committee established pursuant to paragraph (C), subdivision (1), subsection (b), section eight of this article or engaging in other activities permitted by this section and also including the treasurer or equivalent officer of the association or organization, advocating or opposing the nomination, election or defeat of any identified candidate expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for state, district, county or municipal office or engaging in the functional equivalent thereof and the treasurer of every political committee shall keep detailed accounts of every sum of money or other thing of value received by him or her, including all loans of money or things of value and of all expenditures and disbursements made, liabilities incurred, by the candidate, financial agent, person, association or organization or committee, for political purposes, or by any of the officers or members of the committee, or any person acting under its authority or on its behalf.
(d) For purposes of this section, the term 'financial transactions' includes all contributions or loans received and all repayments of loans or expenditures made to promote the candidacy of any person by any candidate or any organization advocating or opposing the nomination, election or defeat of any candidate to be voted on.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of section two-b of this article, no officer, agent or person acting on behalf of any corporation, whether incorporated under the laws of this or any other state or of a foreign country, may pay, give, lend or authorize to be paid, given or lent any money or other thing of value belonging to the corporation for the purpose of expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for state, district, county or municipal office or engaging in the functional equivalent thereof, to any candidate, financial agent, political committee or other person for the payment of any primary or other election expenses whatever. No person may solicit or receive any payment, contribution or other thing from any corporation or from any officer, agent or other person acting on behalf of the corporation.
(H) A corporation to pay, give or lend or to authorize payment, giving or lending of any moneys or other things of value belonging to the corporation to a separate segregated fund for any purpose. This provision does not prohibit a separate segregated fund from using the property, real or personal, facilities and equipment of a corporation solely to establish, administer and solicit contributions to the fund, subject to the rules of the State Election Commission as provided in subsection (d) of this section: Provided, That any such corporation shall also permit any group of its employees represented by a bona fide political action committee to use the real property of the corporation solely to establish, administer and solicit contributions to the fund of the political action committee, subject to the rules of the State Election Commission promulgated in accordance with said subsection. No corporation may use its property, real or personal, facilities, equipment, materials or services for the purpose of influencing any voter or voters: (i) To vote for a particular candidate or in any particular manner; or (ii) to influence the result of any election expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for state, district, county or municipal office or engaging in the functional equivalent thereof.
(a) Except as provided in section eight, article eight of this chapter, any corporation which shall, by its officers, agents or otherwise, offer, give or use, or cause to be offered, given or used, or place or cause to be placed, in the possession, under the control or at the disposal of another, to be offered, given or used, directly or indirectly, money or other thing of value, for the purpose of influencing any voter or voters to vote for a particular candidate, or in any particular manner, or upon any particular side of any question to be decided at any such election, or to influence the result of any such election expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for a state, district, county or municipal office or engaging in the functional equivalent thereof, it shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five thousand nor more than twenty thousand dollars for every such offense, at the discretion of the jury.
(b) As used in this section, the terms 'clearly identified,' 'expressly advocating' and 'functional equivalent' shall have the meaning ascribed thereto by the provisions of section one-a, article eight of this chapter.
(d) The effective date of the amendments to this section enacted during the second extraordinary legislative session of two thousand eight shall be the first day of September, two thousand eight."
At the request of Delegate Armstead and by unanimous consent, the bill was then advanced to third reading and the rule was suspended to permit the offering and consideration of amendments on third reading.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 585), and there were--yeas 68, nays 25, absent and not voting 7, with the nays and absent and not voting being as follows:
Nays: Anderson, Andes, Armstead, Azinger, Blair, Border, Canterbury, Carmichael, Cowles, Duke, Evans, Frederick, Ireland, Lane, Miller, C, Miller, J, Overington, Porter, Romine, Rowan, Schadler, Schoen, Sobonya, Sumner and Tansill.
In accordance with the previous action of the House, the bill was advanced to third reading with the right to amend on that reading.
H. B. 214, Relating to annual incremental salary increases for certain state employees,
H. B. 216, Relating to payments for certain state employees for unused sick leave days,
At the respective requests of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, H. B. 214 was each taken up for immediate consideration and read a second time and ordered to engrossment and third reading.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 586), and there were--yeas 93, nays none, absent and not voting 7, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
The question being on the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 587), and there were--yeas 93, nays none, absent and not voting 7, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
So, a majority of the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (H. B. 214) passed.
At the respective requests of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, H. B. 216 was each taken up for immediate consideration and read a second time and ordered to engrossment and third reading.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 589), and there were--yeas 93, nays none, absent and not voting 7, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
The question being on the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 590), and there were--yeas 93, nays none, absent and not voting 7, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
So, a majority of the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (H. B. 216) passed.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 591), and there were--yeas 93, nays none, absent and not voting 7, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
H. B. 210, Relating to the State Teachers Retirement System and the Teachers' Defined Contribution System,
H. B. 218, Relating to motor fuel excise tax,
At the respective requests of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, H. B. 210 was taken up for immediate consideration and read a second time.
An amendment, recommended by the Committee on Finance, was reported by the Clerk and adopted, amending the bill on page five, section two, line twenty-three, following the words "thousand eight" and the comma, by inserting the words "and has not been certified as accepted by the board on or before the effective date of the amendments to this section enacted during the second extraordinary session of the Legislature, two thousand eight", followed by a comma.
On page seven, section five, line ten, following the words "thousand eight" and the comma, by inserting the words "and has not been certified as accepted by the board on or before the effective date of the amendments to this section enacted during the second extraordinary session of the Legislature, two thousand eight", followed by a comma.
On page fourteen, section six, line eight, following the words "two thousand eight", by inserting the words "during the calendar year two thousand eight".
On page fifteen, section seven, line eleven, following the words "thousand eight" and the comma, by inserting the words "and has not been certified as accepted by the board on or before the effective date of the amendments to this section enacted during the second extraordinary session of the Legislature, two thousand eight", followed by a comma.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 592), and there were--yeas 93, nays none, absent and not voting 7, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
The question being on the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 593), and there were--yeas 93, nays none, absent and not voting 7, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
So, a majority of the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (H. B. 210) passed.
H. B. 210 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §18-7D-2, §18-7D-5, §18-7D-6, §18-7D-7 and §18- 7D-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-7D-12, all relating to the voluntary transfer of assets from the Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System to the State Teachers Retirement System generally; providing a date for the transfer of assets of certain transferring members; providing a deadline for the payment required to receive full credit in the State Teachers Retirement System for service in the Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System; establishing deadline for providing notice of intent to retire for certain transferring members; providing that certain submissions of elections to transfer shall be counted; establishing requirements for repurchase of certain service in the State Teachers Retirement System by transferring members against whom a qualified domestic relations order has been entered; and clarifying that any transferring member shall be fully credited for the member's years of service in the Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System."
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 594), and there were--yeas 93, nays none, absent and not voting 7, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
At the respective requests of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, H. B. 218 was taken up for immediate consideration and read a second time.
An amendment, recommended by the Committee on Finance, was reported by the Clerk and adopted, amending the bill on page three, section five, line nineteen, following the words "motor fuel" and the colon, by striking out the remainder of the paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"Provided, however, That for calendar year two thousand nine, the average wholesale price of motor fuel shall not exceed the average wholesale price of motor fuel for calendar year two thousand eight as determined pursuant to the notice filed by the Tax Commissioner with the Secretary of State on the twenty-first day of November, two thousand seven and published in the state register on the thirtieth day of November, two thousand seven."
On page six, section forty-eight, by striking out subsection (a) in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known and designated as the 'Motor Fuel Excise Tax Shortfall Reserve Fund' to be administered by the Tax Commissioner for the purposes provided by this section. The fund shall consist of moneys transferred to the general revenue fund pursuant to appropriation of the Legislature. At the end of each fiscal year, during the fund's existence, the moneys in the fund shall not expire to the general fund, but shall remain available for expenditure during the ensuing fiscal year. The fund shall terminate on the first day of February, two thousand ten. Any moneys remaining in the fund on that termination date shall be transferred to the general revenue fund. No provision of this section may be construed to require funding for the purposes of this section in excess of amounts transferred to the fund pursuant to appropriation of the Legislature."
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 595), and there were--yeas 93, nays none, absent and not voting 7, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
The question being on the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 596), and there were--yeas 93, nays none, absent and not voting 7, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
So, a majority of the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (H. B. 218) passed.
H. B. 218 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §11-14C-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-14C-48, all relating to establishing the average wholesale price of motor fuel for the two thousand nine calendar year for purposes of calculating the rate of Motor Fuel Excise Tax; creating the Motor Fuel Excise Tax Shortfall Reserve Fund; providing for the transfer of moneys from the Motor Fuel Excise Tax Shortfall Reserve Fund to the State Road Fund; providing for the termination of the reserve fund; and requiring the Commissioner of Highways to submit reports to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance."
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 597), and there were--yeas 93, nays none, absent and not voting 7, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
Delegate Doyle announced that he was absent on today when the votes were taken on Roll Nos. 212, 213, 214, 215 and 218, and that had he been present, he would have voted "Yea" thereon.
Delegate Eldridge announced that he was absent on today when the votes were taken on Roll Nos. 572 through 580, and that had he been present, he would have voted "Yea" thereon.
At 1:00 p.m., on motion of Delegate DeLong, the House of Delegates recessed until 3:00 p.m., and reconvened at that time.
S. B. 2011 - "A Bill making a supplementary appropriation of Lottery Net Profits from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in Lottery Net Profits to the Department of Education and the Arts - Office of the Secretary - Control Account - Lottery Education Fund, fund 3508, fiscal year 2009, organization 0431, to the Division of Culture and History - Lottery Education Fund, fund 3534, fiscal year 2009, organization 0432, and to the Library Commission - Lottery Education Fund, fund 3559, fiscal year 2009, organization 0433, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand nine."
At the respective requests of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (S. B. 2011) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 598), and there were--yeas 84, nays none, absent and not voting 16, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
Absent And Not Voting: Ashley, Beach, Craig, Fleischauer, Guthrie, Hatfield, Manchin, Perdue, Rodighiero, Schadler, Stalnaker, Stemple, Tabb, Tucker, Walters and Wysong.
On the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 599), and there were--yeas 84, nays none, absent and not voting 16, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
S. B. 2012 - "A Bill making a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to the Division of Finance, fund 2208, fiscal year 2008, organization 0209, to the West Virginia Development Office, fund 3170, fiscal year 2008, organization 0307, and to the Division of Health - Central Office, fund 5219, fiscal year 2008, organization 0506, by supplementing and amending chapter twelve, Acts of the Legislature, regular session, two thousand seven, known as the budget bill."
At the respective requests of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (S. B. 2012) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 601), and there were--yeas 84, nays 2, absent and not voting 14, with the nays and absent and not voting being as follows:
Nays: Blair and Sobonya.
Absent And Not Voting: Ashley, Beach, Craig, Guthrie, Hatfield, Manchin, Perdue, Rodighiero, Schadler, Stalnaker, Stemple, Tabb, Walters and Wysong.
On the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 602), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
So, a majority of the members elected to the House of Delegates having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (S. B. 2012) passed.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 603), and there were--yeas 85, nays 1, absent and not voting 14, with the nays and absent and not voting being as follows:
So, two thirds of the members elected to the House of Delegates having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (S. B. 2012) takes effect from its passage.
S. B. 2013 - "A Bill making a supplementary appropriation of Lottery Net Profits from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in Lottery Net Profits to the Bureau of Senior Services - Lottery Senior Citizens Fund, fund 5405, fiscal year 2008, organization 0508, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand eight."
At the respective requests of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (S. B. 2013) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 604), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
On the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 605), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 606), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
S. B. 2015 - "A Bill making a supplementary appropriation from the balance of moneys remaining unappropriated for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand nine, to the Department of Revenue, Office of the Secretary - State Debt Reduction Fund, fund 7007, fiscal year 2009, organization 0701, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand nine."
At the respective requests of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (S. B. 2015) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 607), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
On the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 608), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
So, a majority of the members elected to the House of Delegates having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (S. B. 2015) passed.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 609), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
So, two thirds of the members elected to the House of Delegates having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (S. B. 2015) takes effect from its passage.
S. B. 2016 - "A Bill making a supplementary appropriation from the State Fund, State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund, to the Lottery Commission - Excess Lottery Revenue Fund Surplus, fund 7208, fiscal year 2009, organization 0705, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand nine."
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 610), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
On the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 611), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
So, a majority of the members elected to the House of Delegates having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (S. B. 2016) passed.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 612), and there were--yeas 85, nays 1, absent and not voting 14, with the nays and absent and not voting being as follows:
So, two thirds of the members elected to the House of Delegates having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (S. B. 2016) takes effect from its passage.
S. B. 2017 - "A Bill making a supplementary appropriation from the balance of moneys remaining unappropriated for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand eight, to the Department of Revenue, Office of the Secretary - State Debt Reduction Fund, fund 7007, fiscal year 2008, organization 0701, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand eight."
At the respective requests of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (S. B. 2017) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 613), and there were--yeas 85, nays none, absent and not voting 15, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
Absent And Not Voting: Ashley, Beach, Craig, Gall, Guthrie, Hatfield, Manchin, Perdue, Rodighiero, Schadler, Stalnaker, Stemple, Tabb, Walters and Wysong.
On the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 614), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
So, a majority of the members elected to the House of Delegates having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (S. B. 2017) passed.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 615), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
So, two thirds of the members elected to the House of Delegates having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (S. B. 2017) takes effect from its passage.
S. B. 2018 - "A Bill making a supplementary appropriation of federal funds out of the Treasury from the balance of federal moneys remaining unappropriated for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand nine, to the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety - West Virginia State Police, fund 8741, fiscal year 2009, organization 0612, all supplementing and amending the appropriation for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand nine."
At the respective requests of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (S. B. 2018) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 616), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
On the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 617), and there were--yeas 85, nays none, absent and not voting 15, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
Absent And Not Voting: Ashley, Beach, Craig, DeLong, Guthrie, Hatfield, Manchin, Perdue, Rodighiero, Schadler, Stalnaker, Stemple, Tabb, Walters and Wysong.
So, a majority of the members elected to the House of Delegates having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (S. B. 2018) passed.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 618), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
So, two thirds of the members elected to the House of Delegates having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the bill (S. B. 2018) takes effect from its passage.
S. B. 2019 - "A Bill making a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Secretary of State, fund 0155, fiscal year 2008, organization 1600, to the Department of Administration - Office of the Secretary, fund 0186, fiscal year 2008, organization 0201, to the Department of Administration - Consolidated Public Retirement Board, fund 0195, fiscal year 2008, organization 0205, to the Department of Administration - West Virginia Retiree Health Benefit Trust Fund, fund 0611, fiscal year 2008, organization 0232, to the Department of Commerce - West Virginia Development Office, fund 0256, fiscal year 2008, organization 0307, to the Department of Commerce - Division of Natural Resources, fund 0265, fiscal year 2008, organization 0310, to the Department of Education - State Department of Education, fund 0313, fiscal year 2008, organization 0402, to the Department of Education and the Arts - Educational Broadcasting Authority, fund 0300, fiscal year 2008, organization 0439, to the Department of Environmental Protection - Division of Environmental Protection, fund 0273, fiscal year 2008, organization 0313, to the Department of Health and Human Resources - Division of Health - Central Office, fund 0407, fiscal year 2008, organization 0506, to the Department of Health and Human Resources - Division of Human Services, fund 0403, fiscal year 2008, organization 0511, to the Department of Revenue - Tax Division, fund 0470, fiscal year 2008, organization 0702, and to the Higher Education Policy Commission - Administration - Control Account, fund 0589, fiscal year 2008, organization 0441, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand eight."
At the respective requests of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (S. B. 2019) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 619), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
On the passage of the bill, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 620), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
On this question, the yeas and nays were taken (Roll No. 621), and there were--yeas 86, nays none, absent and not voting 14, with the absent and not voting being as follows:
At the request of Delegate M. Poling, and by unanimous consent, the remarks of Delegate Webster and the ensuing dialogue regarding H. B. 219, Relating to the regulation and control of elections, were ordered printed in the Appendix to the Journal.
At the request of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, leaves of absence for the day were granted Delegates Ashley, Beach, Hatfield, Rodighiero, Stalnaker, Walters and Wysong.
Delegate Hrutkay was recognized and addressed the House concerning her years of service in the House, her love of the legislative institution and of the State, and thanked the Speaker for the opportunities which he had accorded her during these last two years. She thanked the Members, both Democrats and Republicans, for their collective friendship through the years, and thanked the staff for its dedication. She further noted that, while she may be physically absent from the House, her heart and spirit will remain.
At the conclusion of her remarks, Delegates Hrutkay relinquished the floor. (Applause, the Members rising)
Delegate Mahan asked and obtained unanimous consent that the remarks of Delegate Hrutkay be printed in the Appendix to the Journal.
At 3:49 p.m., the House of Delegates adjourned until 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 26, 2008.