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Charleston, W. Va., Monday, January 30, 2012
Prayer was offered by Pastor Evan Arkell, Rock Castle Baptist Church, Pineville, West Virginia.
Pending the reading of the Journal of Friday, January 27, 2012,
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 4238--A Bill to amend and reenact §3-3-1, §3-3-2 and §3-3-2b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the provision of absentee ballots to participants of the Address Confidentiality Program; authorizing program participants to vote an absentee ballot by mail; authorizing the placement of program participants on special absentee voting list; describing duties of the office of the Secretary of State and county officials designated to supervise and conduct absentee voting; and providing for the removal of program participants from the special absentee voting list.
Eng. House Bill No. 4251--A Bill to repeal §46-11-101, §46-11-102, §46-11-103, §46-11-104, §46-11-105, §46-11-106, §46-11-107 and §46-11-108 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §46-2A-103 of said code; to amend and reenact §46-9-102, §46-9-105, §46-9-307, §46-9-311, §46-9-316, §46-9-317, §46-9-326, §46-9-406, §46-9-408, §46-9-502, §46-9-503, §46-9-507, §46-9-515, §46-9-516, §46-9-518, §46-9-607 and §46-9-625; and to amend said code by adding thereto nine new sections, designated §46-9-801, §46-9-802, §46-9-803, §46-9-804, §46-9-805, §46-9-806, §46-9-807, §46-9-808 and §46-9-809, all relating generally to amendments to the uniform commercial code; improving the system for filing financing statements; greater protection for existing secured party having a security interest in after-acquired property upon relocation of debtor; reforming the correction statement process; technical changes; and transition rules.
Senate Bill No. 280, Authorizing Commissioner of Highways promulgate legislative rule relating to state road construction and reconstruction.
Senate Bill No. 281, Authorizing Commissioner of Highways promulgate legislative rule relating to transportation of hazardous wastes.
Senate Bill No. 322, Authorizing State Police promulgate legislative rule relating to Modified Vehicle Inspection Manual.
By Senators Tucker, Klempa and Barnes:
Senate Bill No. 447--A Bill to amend and reenact §29-21-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to panel attorneys; and providing that an attorney from the public defender office shall be appointed by a judge in certain cases.
Senate Bill No. 448--A Bill to amend and reenact §15-5B-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §15-5B-6; to amend and reenact §22A-1-4 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §22A-1-13a; to amend and reenact §22A-1-14 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §22A-1A-1, §22A-1A-2, §22A-1A-3 and §22A-1A-4; to amend and reenact §22A-2-2, §22A-2-12, §22A-2-20, §22A-2-24, §22A-2-43, §22A-2-55 and §22A-2-66 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §22A-2-43a; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §22A-6-13; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §22A-7-5a, all relating to mine safety generally; requiring coal mine operators to provide reports to and notify certain entities in the event of an emergency; establishing a mine safety anonymous tip hotline; exempting information provided to the hotline from the Freedom of Information Act; permitting the Director of the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training to share information regarding certification suspensions or revocations with other states and to promulgate certain legislative rules; requiring a study be conducted regarding mine inspector qualifications, compensation, training and inspections; creating a criminal offense and establishing criminal penalties for providing advance notice of an inspection or an inspector’s presence at a mine; requiring operators to conduct substance abuse testing during inspections or investigations upon reasonable suspicion; providing for suspension of mining certificates if substance abuse testing refused; requiring coal mining operators to implement substance abuse screening policy and program for certified persons; providing procedures and minimum requirements of substance abuse screening policy and program; requiring substance abuse screening upon preemployment, rehiring or transfer of certified person; requiring coal mine operators to notify the Director of the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training of failed screening tests and certain screening policy violations; requiring immediate suspension of miner certificates as a result of suspensions or revocations for substance abuse in other jurisdictions; providing procedure for board of appeals hearings on certification suspensions and judicial review of board decisions; requiring certified persons to report certain criminal convictions to the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training; providing exemptions from and exceptions to the disclosure of substance abuse screening results; providing procedure for approval, review, comment and enforcement of mine ventilation plans; increasing the number of days an apprentice must work within sight and sound of mine foreman or experienced miner; requiring methane detectors be maintained in accordance with manufacturer specifications; expanding scope of preshift examinations and requiring supplemental examinations in certain instances; increasing the percentage of rock dust to be maintained in coal mines and providing certain information upon request; prescribing actions required to detect and respond to excess methane gas levels in coal mines; prescribing requirements for persons to operate or repair mining machinery; providing for increased training regarding the use of self-contained self-rescue devices; providing additional notification by coal mine operators in the event of an accident; requiring study of and report on the safety of working or traveling in bleeder or gob areas of certain coal mines; and requiring study of and report on education, training and examination associated with certifying miners.
By Senators Klempa, Tucker, Chafin, Palumbo, Wells, Nohe, Sypolt, Kessler (Mr. President), Jenkins and Williams:
Senate Bill No. 449--A Bill to repeal §39-4-1, §39-4-2, §39-4-3, §39-4-4, §39-4-5, §39-4-6 and §39-4-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §39-4-401, §39-4-402, §39-4-403, §39-4-404, §39-4-405, §39-4-406, §39-4-407, §39-4-408, §39-4-409, §39-4-410, §39-4-411, §39-4-412, §39-4-413, §39-4-414, §39-4-415, §39-4-416, §39-4-417, §39-4-418, §39-4-419, §39-4-420, §39-4-421, §39-4-422 and §39-4-423; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §39-5-501, §39-5-502, §39-5-503, §39-5-504, §39-5-505, §39-5-506, §39-5-507, §39-5-508, §39-5-509, §39-5-510, §39-5-511, §39-5-512, §39-5-513, §39-5-514, §39-5-515, §39-5-516 and §39-5-517; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §39-6-601 and §39-6-602; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §39-7-701, §39-7-702 and §39-7-703; and to amend and reenact §44A-3-3 of said code, all relating to creating the Uniform Power of Attorney Act; repealing the Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act; providing a short title; providing definitions; setting forth the applicability of the act; providing that the power of attorney is durable; providing for execution, validity and meaning and effect of power of attorney; nominating conservator or guardian and relation of agent to court-appointed fiduciary; providing when power of attorney effective; terminating power of attorney or agent’s authoritySECTION 110. TERMINATION OF POWER OF ATTORNEY OR AGENTS AUTHORITY; providing for coagents and successor agents and their liability; reimbursing and compensating agent and exception; providing for agent’s acceptance of appointment and agent’s duties; exonerating agent in power of attorney and exceptions; providing certain persons judicial relief to construe a power of attorney or review an agent’s conduct; providing for agent’s liability in certain monetary amounts; providing for resignation of agent; accepting and relying upon acknowledged power of attorney and for what a request may be made before accepting the power of attorney; providing for liability for refusing to accept an acknowledged statutory form power of attorney; providing that laws applicable to financial institutions and entities supercede this act; granting specific and general authority under the power of attorney; providing for granting general authority of the agent under a power of attorney which incorporates by reference a subject matter involving real property, tangible personal property, stocks and bonds, commodities and options, financial institutions, operation of an entity or business, insurance and annuities, estates, trusts and other beneficial interests, claims and litigation, personal and family maintenance, benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service, retirement plans, taxes and gifts; providing a statutory form power of attorney form; providing miscellaneous provisions relating to uniformity of application and construction and relating to electronic signatures in the Global and National Commerce Act; providing application of act on existing powers of attorney; and removing provision in the West Virginia Guardianship and Conservatorship Act that a conservator may not revoke or amend a durable power of attorney without approval of the court.
By Senators Laird, Klempa, Williams and Beach:
Senate Bill No. 450--A Bill to amend and reenact §20-2-22 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to tagging of certain game animals; and removing bobcats from the list of species requiring a field tag.
Senate Bill No. 451--A Bill to amend and reenact §29-22B-1202 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to prohibiting the issuance or renewal of limited video lottery license for premises within seventy miles of a dog or horse track in West Virginia.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture; then to the Committee on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.
Senate Bill No. 452--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §11-13CC-1, §11-13CC-2, §11-13CC-3, §11-13CC-4, §11-13CC-5, §11-13CC-6, §11-13CC-7, §11-13CC-8, §11-13CC-9 and §11-13CC-10, all relating to creating the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights Act; providing a preferred interpretation of the act; requiring voter approval to increase governmental spending or debt; requiring elections; setting forth election provisions; requiring summaries of ballot issues be mailed to voters; providing exceptions; providing for emergency reserves; providing for emergency taxes; providing spending limits; providing revenue limits; defining terms; and providing for civil suits and judicial review.
By Senators Wills, Klempa, Tucker, Snyder, Yost and Kessler (Mr. President):
Senate Bill No. 453--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-45-2a, relating to the disclosure of insurance coverage.
Senate Bill No. 454--A Bill to amend and reenact §61-11A-2 and §61-11A-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §62-12-23 of said code, all relating to adding persons who resided with crime victims to those who are provided notice of matters in the prosecutorial process and the right to be heard at sentencing and parole proceedings.
By Senators Klempa, Yost and Kessler (Mr. President):
Senate Bill No. 455--A Bill to amend and reenact §22-11-7b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing an affected water intake owner to waive the one-half mile zone requirement contained in water quality standards established by the Department of Environmental Protection.
By Senators Laird, Browning, Unger, Kessler (Mr. President), Jenkins, Klempa, Beach and Barnes:
Senate Bill No. 456--A Bill to amend and reenact §61-8D-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to making it a misdemeanor for child neglect which creates a substantial risk of bodily injury; and penalties.
By Senators Plymale, Unger, Foster, Kessler (Mr. President), Jenkins and Beach:
Senate Bill No. 457--A Bill to repeal §18B-16-7, §18B-16-8 and §18B-16-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §18B-16-1, §18B-16-2, §18B-16-3, §18B-16-4, §18B-16-5 and §18B-16-6 of said code, all relating to continuing the Rural Health Initiative; setting forth legislative findings, purpose and definitions; discontinuing the Rural Health Advisory Committee and assigning certain of its duties to the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences; deleting the requirement for creation of primary health care education sites; clarifying certain funding mechanisms and audit and reporting requirements; strengthening accountability measures; updating names; making technical corrections; and deleting obsolete language.
By Senators Hall and Jenkins:
Senate Bill No. 458--A Bill to amend and reenact §23-4-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to disbursement where injury is self-inflicted or intentionally caused by the employer.
Senators Stollings, Wells, Foster, Jenkins, Klempa and Miller offered the following resolution:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 18--Requesting that Workforce West Virginia name their Wayne County building located at 2699 Park Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia, the “Rosie the Riveter Building”.
Whereas, While most eligible men served overseas in the Armed Forces during World War II, the country’s war effort depended upon having enough equipment, whether planes or bullets. The circumstances sent many women to serve on the home front, training to take factory jobs formerly held by soldiers; and
Whereas, Women who took on work in the factories, many of them holding jobs outside the home for the first time in their lives, became known by the collective nickname, Rosie the Riveter; and
Whereas, Without these women working on the home front, American soldiers overseas would have been without war essentials that could have put winning the war in doubt; and
Whereas, The service to West Virginia and to the nation as a whole of those dedicated women known as Rosie the Riveter is worthy of recognition; therefore, be it
That the Legislature hereby requests Workforce West Virginia to name their Wayne County building located at 2699 Park Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia, the “Rosie the Riveter Building”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That Workforce West Virginia is hereby requested to cause to be fabricated signs to be erected at the entry of said building, containing bold and prominent letters proclaiming the building to be the “Rosie the Riveter Building”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Commerce and the Executive Director of Workforce West Virginia.
Senators Edgell, Kessler (Mr. President), Unger, Klempa and Beach offered the following resolution:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 19--Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge on WV Route 2, crossing Fishing Creek in Wetzel County, bridge number 52-2-5.19, as the “Lt. Howard R. ‘Bob’ Crothers Memorial Bridge”.
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and to the family of Lt. Howard R. ‘Bob’ Crothers.
Senators Unger, Wells, Kessler (Mr. President) and Klempa offered the following resolution:
Senate Resolution No. 13--Recognizing Leadership Berkeley for its service, dedication and commitment to Berkeley County.
Whereas, The 2012 membership of Leadership Berkeley consists of Jared M. Adams, Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love LLP; April L. Awad, VA Medical Center; Erika R. Blaylock, VA Medical Center; Laura A. Bohrer, Detailed Destinations; Tina H. Combs, Martinsburg-Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce; Kathy J. Crothers, United Way of the Eastern Panhandle; Monique G. Cuevas, Centra Bank; Marilys F. Gilbert, WVUH-East City Hospital; Andrea M. Hill, Compensated Work Therapy, Veterans Affairs; Wadeea K. Hines, VA Medical Center; Michael B. Hite, Panhandle Printing & Design; Sherri W. Janelle, Blue Ridge Comm. & Technical College; Jimmie R. Jessee, Jr., Decker & Company PPLC; Christina G. Johnson, Panhandle Home Health, Inc.; Laurel K. Lackey, Martin & Seibert, L.C.; Chris M. Lewe, Ecolab; Charles D. Linton, Essroc Italcementi; Jill S. Luckett, Ecolab; Todd C. McKinney, The Outdoor Education Center of For Love of Children; David W. Miller, Training Coordinator - Leadership Berkeley; Pam Neely, State Farm Insurance; Christina A. Nipe, ATS, Inc.; Matt T. Roach, R.M. Roach and Sons; Tina C. Roach, ERA Liberty Realty; Steven B. Shaffer, Bank of Charles Town; Gregory A. Spaulding, Sodexo Management Services; Keleigh L. Taylor, B.O.L.D.; Christine E. Thiel, Berkeley County Public Service Water District; and Pamela L. Toth, Ecolab; therefore, be it
Senators Browning, Kessler (Mr. President), Klempa and Williams offered the following resolution:
Senate Resolution No. 14--Honoring Captain Jim Cook, Assistant Chief Mike Vickers and firefighters Greg Meadows and Dwight Meadows and the entire Pineville Volunteer Fire Department for their heroic actions in saving the life of Marcia McKinney.
Senators Yost, Wells, Browning, Klempa and Williams offered the following resolution:
Senate Resolution No. 15--Urging the Governor of West Virginia to make an appropriation in the budget for the construction of a State Veterans Nursing Home to be located on the grounds of the Beckley Veterans Administration Medical Center in Beckley, West Virginia.
Whereas, The West Virginia Veterans Coalition established a prioritized list of issues to be addressed and one of the priorities was the construction of a State Veterans Nursing Home at the Beckley Veterans Administration Medical Center in Beckley, West Virginia; and
Whereas, The current State Veterans Nursing Home located at the Clarksburg Veterans Administration Medical Center is currently at it’s maximum capacity and has a large waiting list for admission; and
Whereas, With a veterans population of over 170,000, there is an overwhelming need for additional nursing home beds to accommodate our veterans as they become unable to take care of themselves; and
Whereas, The current number of veterans in the Beckley Veterans Administration Medical Center catchment areas is in excess of 39,000 veterans and the Beckley Veterans Administration Medical Center has only fifty extended care rehabilitation beds; and
Whereas, The construction of the Clarksburg State Veterans Nursing Home gave our veterans in that area an outstanding place to spend their final years with fellow veterans and there is the same need for veterans in the Beckley area; therefore, be it
That the Senate hereby urges the Governor of West Virginia to make an appropriation in the budget for the construction of a State Veterans Nursing Home to be located on the grounds of the Beckley Veterans Administration Medical Center in Beckley, West Virginia; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Senate recognizes that the veterans of West Virginia should be treated with dignity and respect and allowed to spend their final days with fellow veterans in a facility which reflects our appreciation for their service and sacrifices; and, be it
On unfinished business, coming up in regular order, was reported by the Clerk and referred to the Committee on Energy, Industry and Mining.
Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 161, Relating to mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect.
So, a majority of all the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. S. B. No. 209) passed with its title.
So, two thirds of all the members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. S. B. No. 209) takes effect from passage.
So, a majority of all the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. S. B. No. 210) passed with its title.
So, two thirds of all the members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. S. B. No. 210) takes effect from passage.
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. 221) passed with its title.
So, two thirds of all the members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. No. 221) takes effect July 1, 2012.
So, a majority of all the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. S. B. No. 224) passed with its title.
So, two thirds of all the members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. S. B. No. 224) takes effect from passage.
Remarks were made by Senators K. Facemyer and Green.
At the request of Senator Green, unanimous consent being granted, the Senate stood in observance of a moment of silence in recognition of the fifth anniversary of the Ghent gas station explosion that killed four people and injured five others.
Thereafter, at the request of Senator Unger, and by unanimous consent, the remarks by Senator Green were ordered printed in the Appendix to the Journal.
On motion of Senator Unger, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at 11 a.m.