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hdj2005-05-16-01
Pursuant to the Proclamation of His Excellency, the Governor, issued the sixteenth day of May, 2005, and hereinafter set forth, convening the Legislature in Extraordinary Session on the sixteenth day of May, 2005, the House of Delegates assembled in its Chamber in the Capitol Building in the City of Charleston, and at 4:00 p.m., was called to order by the Speaker, the Honorable Robert S. Kiss.
The roll being called, (Roll No. 769), and 80 members having answered to their names, the Speaker declared the presence of a quorum.
I, JOE MANCHIN III, GOVERNOR of the State of West Virginia, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 7, Article VII of the Constitution of West Virginia, do hereby call the Legislature of West Virginia to convene in Extraordinary Session at four o'clock p.m. on the sixteenth day of May, Two Thousand Five, in its chambers in the State Capitol, City of Charleston, for the sole purpose of considering and acting upon the following matters:
FIRST: A concurrent resolution opposing the proposed closing and realignment of national guard and/or reserve facilities in the State of West Virginia.
SECOND: Legislation to provide for the temporary subsidization of incremental adjustments in the aggregate cost-sharing percentages of employees' public employees insurance agency premiums.
THIRD: Legislation to amend and reenact W.Va. Code § 6-7-2, as contained in Enrolled Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 514, Chapter 203, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session 2005, relating to the salaries of Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Auditor, Commissioner of Agriculture and the Secretary of State.
FOURTH: A concurrent resolution to authorize the issuance of up to $375 million of refunding bonds to pay off the principal of and interest on certain issued and outstanding safe road bonds issued pursuant to the Safe Roads Amendment of 1996.
FIFTH: Legislation to repeal W. Va. Code § 20-11-5a, relating to a recycling assessment fee upon the disposal of solid waste.
SIXTH: Legislation to eliminate the Employee and Insurance Services Division of the Department of Administration and reassign duties currently assigned to the Commissioner of the Employee and Insurance Services Division.
SEVENTH: Legislation to amend the provisions of the West Virginia Code relating to the Judicial Retirement System.
EIGHTH: Legislation relating to municipal taxes and municipal pension and relief fund plans for policemen and firemen, authorizing a qualifying municipality to establish a defined contribution plan for policemen and firemen hired on or after a future date, and authorizing a qualifying municipality to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of eliminating the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of an existing pension and relief fund plan for policemen and firemen.
NINTH: A supplemental appropriation bill to the litter control fund, fund 3486, fiscal year 2006, organization 0313, of the Department of Environmental Protection account.
TENTH: A supplemental appropriation bill to fund 6394, fiscal year 2005, organization 0612, of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety account.
ELEVENTH: A supplemental appropriation bill to fund 0104, fiscal year 2006, organization 0100, of the Governor's Office account.
TWELFTH: A supplemental appropriation bill amending and reducing existing appropriations with regard to fund 0186, fiscal year 2006, organization 0201, of the Department of Administration; and funding fund 0595, fiscal year 2006, organization 0703, of the Department of Revenue.
DONE at the Capitol in the City of Charleston, State of West Virginia, this the sixteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand Five, and in the One Hundred Forty-Second year of the State.
Delegates Cann, Palumbo and Armstead.
Delegates Pino, Mahan and Frich.
Delegate Cann, from the Committee to notify the Senate that the House of Delegates had assembled in extraordinary session and was ready to proceed to the business of the session, announced that the committee had discharged its duty.
Delegate Pino, from the Committee to inform His Excellency, the Governor, that the Legislature had assembled in extraordinary session pursuant to his Proclamation, also announced the performance of that duty.
Senators Jenkins, Oliverio and Facemyer, announced that the Senate had convened in extraordinary session, pursuant to the Proclamation of the Governor, with a quorum present, and was ready to enter upon the business for which the Legislature had been called together.
H. B. 301 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §5-16-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; all relating generally to the subsidization of any incremental adjustment in the active State pool employees' portion of the aggregate cost-sharing percentages of premium between employers and employees between the first day of July two thousand five until the thirty-first day of December, two thousand five".
At the respective requests of Delegate Staton, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (H. B. 301) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
H. B. 302 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §6-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as contained in chapter 203, Acts of the Legislature, regular session, 2005, as amended; all relating generally to the salaries of the Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Auditor, Commissioner of Agriculture and Secretary of State; and effective dates."
At the respective requests of Delegate Staton, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (H. B. 302) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
H. B. 303 -- "A Bill to repeal §20-11-5a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to a recycling assessment fee upon the disposal of solid waste."
At the respective requests of Delegate Staton, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (H. B. 303) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
H. B. 304 - "A bill supplementing and amending items of the existing appropriations from the state fund general revenue, to a new item of appropriation designated to the Governor's Office. fund 0104, fiscal year 2006, organization 0100k, supplementing and amending chapter sixteen, Acts of the Legislature, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand six."
At the respective requests of Delegate Staton, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (H. B. 304) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
H. B. 305 - "A Bill supplementing, amending, reducing and increasing items of the existing appropriations from the state fund, general revenue, to the Department of Administration - Office of the Secretary, fund 0186, fiscal year 2006, organization 0201, and, to the Department of Revenue - State Budget Office, fund 0595, fiscal year 2006, organization 0703, all supplementing and amending the appropriation for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand six."
At the respective requests of Delegate Staton, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (H. B. 305) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
H. B. 306 - "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 six to a new item of appropriation designated to the Department of Environmental Protection - Litter Control Fund, fund 3486, fiscal year 2006, organization 0313, supplementing and amending chapter sixteen Acts of the Legislature, regular session, two thousand five, known as the budget bill."
At the respective requests of Delegate Staton, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (H. B. 306) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
H. B. 307 - "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 five, to the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety - West Virginia State Police, fund 6394, fiscal year 2005, organization 0612, by supplementing and amending the appropriation for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand five."
At the respective requests of Delegate Staton, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (H. B. 307) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
H. B. 308 - "A Bill to repeal §5A-10-1, §5A-10-2 and §5A-10-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §5-10D-1 and §5-10D-2 of said code; to amend and reenact §5-16-3 and §5-16-4 of said code; to amend and reenact §5A-1-2 of said code; and to amend and reenact §29-6-5 and §29-6-6 of said code, all relating generally to the elimination of the Employee and Insurance Services Division of the Department of Administration and reassigning certain duties; providing that the Secretary of the Department of Administration serves as a member of the Consolidated Public Retirement Board; providing that the Governor shall appoint the Director of the Public Employees Insurance Agency; providing that the Secretary of the Department of Administration serves as a member and as the chair of the Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board; providing that the Division of Personnel is continued within the Department of Administration; and providing that the Secretary of the Department of Administration serves as an ex officio member and chair of the State Personnel Board."
At the respective requests of Delegate Staton, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill (H. B. 308) to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time and ordered to second reading.
H. B. 309 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §8-13C-1 and §8-13C-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §8- 13C-14, all relating to the use of proceeds from a pension relief municipal occupational tax, a pension relief municipal sales and service tax and a pension relief municipal use tax; the loss of authority to impose those taxes; authorizing a qualifying municipality, subject to meeting certain requirements, to close their existing pension and relief fund plan for policemen and firemen to those hired after a future date; authorizing a qualifying municipality, subject to meeting certain requirements, to establish a defined contribution plan for policemen and firemen hired on and after the future date; and authorizing policy and authorizing a qualifying municipality, subject to meeting certain requirements, to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of eliminating the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the existing pension and relief fund plan for policemen and firemen and to issue refunding bonds issued to refund, in whole or in part, bonds issued for that purpose"; to the Committee on Pensions and Retirement.
At the respective requests of Delegate Staton, and by unanimous consent, the bill (H. B. 309) was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time, ordered to second reading and then referred to the Committee on Pensions and Retirement.
H. B. 310 - "A Bill to amend and reenact §51-9-1a, §51-9-4, §51-9-6, §51-9-6a, §51-9-6b and §51-9-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §51-9-6d, all relating generally to the judicial retirement system; increasing the contribution rate for certain judges from the first day of July, two thousand five until the thirtieth day of June, two thousand ten; providing that judges appointed or elected for the first time as judge of a court of record after the first day of July, two thousand five, must have served fourteen years as a sitting judge to receive annual retirement benefits; changing the annual benefit calculations and retirement qualifications for all judges appointed or elected for the first time as judge of a court of record after the first day of July, two thousand five; changing the annual benefit calculations for the spouses and children of all judges appointed or elected for the first time as judge of a court of record after the first day of July, two thousand five; eliminating the ability of judges appointed or elected for the first time as judge of a court of record after the first day of July, two thousand five, to use prosecutorial service as qualifying service; providing that retired judges may hold a public office or trust for compensation from the State of West Virginia; and providing that retired judges are ineligible to participate in any other pension plan maintained by the State of West Virginia."
At the respective requests of Delegate Staton, and by unanimous consent, the bill (H. B. 310) was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time, ordered to second reading and then referred to the Committee on Pensions and Retirement.
At the request of Delegate Staton, and by unanimous consent, leaves of absence for the day were granted Delegates Ferrell, Fragale, Howard, Kominar, Morgan, Perdue, Proudfoot, Schadler, Rick Thompson and Wakim.
At 5:03 p.m., the House of Delegates adjourned until 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 17, 2005.