Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bulletin_Board/2008/RS/s_journal/sdj-24th%20day.htm
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Charleston, W. Va., Friday, February 1, 2008
Pending the reading of the Journal of Thursday, January 31, 2008,
The Clerk presented a communication from the Department of Environmental Protection, submitting its annual Special Reclamation Fund Advisory Council report, as required by chapter twenty-two, article one, section seventeen of the code of West Virginia.
The Clerk presented a communication from the State Rail Authority, submitting its annual financial report as required by chapter twenty-nine, article eighteen, section seventeen of the code of West Virginia.
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 4053--A Bill to amend and reenact §61-3C-3 and §61-3C-16 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto four new sections, designated §61-3C-4a, §61-3C-4b, §61-3C-4c and §61-3C-4d, all relating to protecting computer owners and users from computer spyware; making it unlawful for persons transmit computer software for the purpose of modifying settings, collecting personal information by deceptive means or preventing efforts to protect a computer to access a computer; making it unlawful to transmit software to control in such a way as to cause damage or opening multiple pop-up windows; making it unlawful to transmit software for the purpose of modifying setting that protect personal information; making it unlawful to transmit software for the purpose of blocking efforts to block or disable computer software; making it unlawful to induce the installation by misrepresentations or deception; exceptions; and authorizing the attorney general to enforce the provisions of the act.
Senate Bill No. 311, Allowing judges to order jurors from other counties in certain situations.
Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 311 (originating in the Committee on the Judiciary)--A Bill to amend and reenact §52-1-14 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing judges to order jurors be drawn from another county or counties when jurors cannot be seated from the county in which the trial will be held and the county for which the jurors served shall compensate the jurors.
The bill (Com. Sub. for S. B. No. 311), under the original double committee reference, was then referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senate Bill No. 400, Authorizing Department of Health and Human Resources promulgate legislative rule relating to water well design standards.
Senate Bill No. 402, Authorizing Department of Health and Human Resources promulgate legislative rule relating to regulation of opioid treatment programs.
Senate Bill No. 441, Authorizing Office of Pharmaceutical Advocate promulgate legislative rule relating to prescription drug advertising expense reporting.
Senate Bill No. 410, Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to advertisement of life insurance and annuities.
Senate Bill No. 411, Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to life insurance disclosures.
Senate Bill No. 412, Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to suitability in annuity transactions.
Senate Bill No. 413, Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to life insurance illustrations.
Senate Bill No. 414, Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to examiners and examinations.
Senate Bill No. 415, Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to licensing and conduct of insurance producers, agencies and solicitors.
Senate Bill No. 416, Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to fingerprinting requirements for applications for insurance producer license.
Senate Bill No. 417, Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to guaranteed loss ratios as applied to individual sickness and accident insurance policies.
Senate Bill No. 418, Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to mental health parity.
Senate Bill No. 419, Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to recognition of preferred mortality tables for use in determining minimum reserve liabilities.
Senate Bill No. 420, Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to replacement of life insurance policies and annuity contracts.
Senate Bill No. 421, Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to military sales practices.
Senate Bill No. 430, Authorizing Board of Medicine promulgate legislative rule relating to collaborative pharmacy practice.
Senate Bill No. 440, Authorizing Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board promulgate legislative rule relating to nursing home administrators.
Eng. House Bill No. 2517, Providing that the Board of Banking and Financial Institutions have the authority to approve acquisitions of out-of-state banks by WV state banks.
Senate Bill No. 531--A Bill to amend and reenact §17B-2-1a, §17B-2-3a, §17B-2-5, §17B-2-6, §17B-2-7 and §17B-2-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to the issuance of driver's licenses; disposition of surrendered licenses; issuance of an identification card to applicants who possess a valid driver's license; providing a reduced criminal penalty for violating the terms and conditions of a level one or level two graduated driver's license; restricting level one and level two drivers to operation of passenger vehicles only; defining exceptions for the use of the address of principle residence; removing an obsolete provision related to the issuance of a driver's license without a photo; providing for the use of a passport in lieu of a birth certificate; requiring an applicant to pay a fee for the third and subsequent attempt at the written examination prior to obtaining an instruction permit; and extending the validity of instruction permits from sixty days to ninety days.
By Senators Jenkins, Hunter and Stollings:
Senate Bill No. 532--A Bill to amend and reenact §17A-3-16 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §17A-10-3 of said code, all relating to registration fees for vehicles; allowing a registrant to register a Class G vehicle for a two-year period; requiring registration for at least one full year; and facilitating expiration date changes.
Senate Bill No. 533--A Bill to amend and reenact §17A-6-1b, §17A-6-2a, §17A-6-4, §17A-6-7 and §17A-6-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §17A-6E-2 of said code, all relating to the licensing of dealers; extending authority to out-of-state dealers to issue vehicle registrations; expanding authority of Dealer Recovery Fund Control Board to consider claims against the fund; increasing minimum bond requirement from ten thousand dollars to twenty-five thousand dollars; establishing minimum number of sales prior to renewal and opportunity for appeal; exempting salespersons employed by dealers selling commercial vehicles, financial institutions and auctions from the requirement to obtain a salesperson license; and authorizing the commissioner to require participation in an electronic temporary plates or markers program as a precondition for issuance of temporary plates.
By Senators Foster, Hunter and Unger:
Senate Bill No. 534--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §16-9G-1, §16-9G-2, §16-9G-3, §16-9G-4, §16-9G-5, §16-9G-6, §16-9G-7, §16-9G-8, §16-9G-9, §16-9G-10, §16-9G-11 and §16-9G-12, all relating to establishing the Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act; short title; legislative findings; definitions; establishing a test method and performance standard; requiring certification and product change information to be submitted to the Division of Public Health; requiring markings on cigarette packing; penalties; Division of Public Health to administer article; promulgation of rules; Attorney General, Department of Revenue and Division of Public Health authorized to enforce article; creating Cigarette Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act Fund; sales outside of West Virginia; and preemption by federal law.
By Senators Foster, Jenkins, Kessler, Green, Hunter, Wells, Hall, McKenzie and White:
Senate Bill No. 535--A Bill to amend and reenact §17B-4-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §17C-5-2 and §17C-5-7 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-5-4a; and to amend and reenact §17C-5A-1, §17C-5A-2, §17C-5A-3 and §17C-5A-3a of said code, all relating to modifications to administrative and criminal penalties for driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs; reducing the administrative sanctions for driving a vehicle with a lawfully suspended or revoked license; removing the mandatory 24-hour incarceration for first offense driving under the influence; deleting a provision criminalizing the operation of a motor vehicle by habitual drug user; creating an aggravated offense of driving with a blood alcohol concentration of fifteen hundredths of one percent or more, by weight; requiring drivers involved in a motor vehicle crash that results in the death or serious bodily injury to another person to submit to a chemical test of their blood, breath or urine; permitting participation in the Motor Vehicle Alcohol Test and Lock Program for first offense driving under the influence; removing superfluous provisions related to children operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol; permitting law-enforcement officers to submit an affidavit rather than attend the administrative hearing unless subpoenaed; providing incentives for participation in the Motor Vehicle Alcohol Test and Lock Program for first offense driving under the influence; providing enhanced administrative sanctions for persons operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of fifteen hundredths of one percent or more, by weight; making certain technical changes to administrative procedures; transferring primary authority of the Safety and Treatment Program to the Department of Health and Human Resources; providing for removal of the Driver's Rehabilitation Fund from the jurisdiction of the Division of Motor Vehicles and placing it under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources; providing that a person whose driver's license is revoked for refusing to take a secondary chemical test is not eligible to reduce the revocation period by completing the safety and treatment program; removing requirement that victim impact panels be implemented pursuant to legislative rules; reducing the minimum period of revocation for participation in the test and lock program; increasing minimum periods of participation in the ignition interlock device for aggravating offenses; and denying participation in the Motor Vehicle Alcohol Test and Lock Program for persons whose driver's license is revoked for driving under the influence of drugs.
Senate Bill No. 536--A Bill to amend and reenact §17A-3-23 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to exempting vehicles operated by the Supreme Court of Appeals from registration requirements for state cars.
By Senators Unger and Wells:
Senate Bill No. 537--A Bill to amend and reenact §15-2-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing compensation of membership of the West Virginia State Police.
Senate Bill No. 538--A Bill to amend and reenact §18-7A-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing members of the Teachers Retirement System who are absent from employment while serving as an officer or staff of a statewide professional teaching association or a statewide service personnel association to count this service toward retirement credit; and amounts required to be paid by members for such service.
By Senators Prezioso and Oliverio:
Senate Bill No. 539--A Bill to amend and reenact §21-9-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the restoration of the licensure exemption for certain contractors of manufactured housing installation.
Senate Bill No. 540--A Bill to amend and reenact §16-4C-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to licensing of emergency medical services personnel; and providing a waiver in the licensing process of physical requirements of emergency medical services personnel who work on a volunteer basis when certain other minimum requirements are met.
Senate Bill No. 541--A Bill to amend and reenact §11-21-12d of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to extending the personal income tax adjustment to the gross income of certain retirees receiving pensions from defined pension plans that terminated and are being paid a reduced maximum benefit guarantee.
By Senators Prezioso, Bailey and Unger:
Senate Bill No. 542--A Bill to amend and reenact §25-1-11d of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §49-5E-5a of said code; and to amend and reenact §62-12-14 of said code, all relating to providing that correctional officers, parole officers and juvenile corrections officers may retire with full benefits after twenty years of actual and honorable service.
By Senators Barnes, Love, Fanning, Edgell and Sypolt:
Senate Bill No. 543--A Bill to amend and reenact §17E-1-3 and §17E-1-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to exempting farm vehicles from commercial motor vehicle regulations when farmers drive farm vehicles across state lines but within one hundred fifty miles of their qualifying farms; and driving farm vehicles carrying materials not required to be placarded under Subpart F of 49 C. F. R. Part §172 as "hazardous materials".
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture; and then to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Senators Foster, Jenkins, Stollings, Hunter, Bailey, Kessler and Unger:
Senate Bill No. 544--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-29G-9, relating to establishing a pilot program to establish electronic data sharing for clinical decision support.
Senate Bill No. 545--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto two new sections, designated §11-10-5z and §11-10-7d; to amend and reenact §11-12-5 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-15-9j; to amend and reenact §11-15-16 of said code; and to amend and reenact §11-21-74 of said code, all relating to tax administration efficiency and technical advancements; requiring electronic filing of tax returns when the taxpayer meets a certain threshold amount of taxes due; authorizing combined tax assessments; authorizing promulgation of rules to determine the application of partial payments of taxes; authorizing the limitation on assessments to apply separately to each tax in a combined assessment; authorizing the recordation of one lien for all taxes in a combined assessment; allowing assertion of the consumers sales and use tax exemptions authorized under section nine-i, article fifteen, chapter eleven of the Code of West Virginia to be asserted by use of a direct pay permit; incomplete business registration certificate; specifying the time period for which the business registration certificate is granted; specifying authority of the Tax Commissioner to suspend or cancel certificate; eliminating the periodic biennial business registration certificate renewal requirement; specifying a penalty applied upon issuance, renewal or reinstatement of the business registration certificate pursuant to involuntary cancellation, revocation or suspension of the business registration certificate; filing incomplete returns for consumers sales and service tax and use tax; requiring the Tax Commissioner to design a combined reporting form; requiring taxpayers to use the form specified by the Tax Commissioner; authorizing the Tax Commissioner to promulgate necessary rules; and incomplete filing of withholding tax returns.
By Senators Helmick and Bailey:
Senate Bill No. 546--A Bill to amend and reenact §47-20-12a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §47-21-12 of said code, all relating to the compensation of charitable bingo and charitable raffle operators and concession workers; and making technical language changes to clarify intent.
By Senators Bowman, Hunter and Kessler:
Senate Bill No. 547--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5-10-22j; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-7A-26u, all relating to the Public Employees Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement System; providing a one-time supplement for annuitants and survivor beneficiaries after being retired five consecutive years or longer; and exempting the one-time supplement from state income tax.
By Senators Kessler, Hunter, Wells, Deem, Bailey and Unger:
Senate Bill No. 548--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §1-6-1; to amend and reenact §7-3-2a of said code; and to amend and reenact §18-5-24 of said code, all relating to requiring that the purchase of United States flags or flags of the State of West Virginia only be made from manufacturers in the United States when public funds are used.
By Senators Bowman, Foster, Bailey, Hunter and Kessler:
Senate Bill No. 549--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 and §21-1D-3, all relating to requiring employers working on public improvement projects to show at least eighty percent of the employees working on the project, or at least eighty percent of the hours worked on the project, will be by employees who are covered by a policy of health insurance.
By Senators Bailey, Bowman, Hunter, Fanning, Minard, Stollings, Wells, Yoder, Jenkins, White, Unger, Deem and Foster:
Senate Joint Resolution No. 8--Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending section 1b, article X thereof, relating to homestead exemption increase; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment.
Senators Fanning and Yoder offered the following resolution:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 39--Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 24-7/8.023 crossing over the Tug River at Hemphill, McDowell County, the "Charles Spencer Bridge".
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 24-7/8.023 crossing over the Tug River at Hemphill, McDowell County, the "Charles Spencer Bridge"; and, be it
Senators McCabe, Plymale, Jenkins, Foster, Wells, Sprouse, Hunter, Minard and Oliverio offered the following resolution:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 40--Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 06-60/1-0.63 (2099) located in Cabell County the "Phyllis E. Given Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, It is fitting to honor Phyllis E. Given for her service to her community and state by naming bridge number 06-60/1- 0.63 (2099) located in Cabell County the "Phyllis E. Given Memorial Bridge"; therefore, be it
Senators Stollings and Tomblin (Mr. President) offered the following resolution:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 41--Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 22-119-7.99(3179) on Route 119 in Lincoln County the "Sergeant James Allen May Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, James A. May was a native of Sod, Lincoln County; and
Whereas, James A. May was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and fought valiantly in the Vietnam War; and
Whereas, James A. May was awarded the Silver Star Medal for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam; and
Whereas, James A. May was also awarded two Purple Hearts for wounds received while exhibiting extraordinary courage and selfless disregard for his own welfare; and
Whereas, James A. May personified the Marine's adage that "Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue"; and
Whereas, It is fitting to honor James A. May for his service to his state and country by naming bridge number 22-119-7.99(3179) on Route 119 in Lincoln County the "Sergeant James Allen May Memorial Bridge"; therefore, be it
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 22-119-7.99(3179) on Route 119 in Lincoln County the "Sergeant James Allen May Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the "Sergeant James Allen May Memorial Bridge"; 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 Transportation and the family of Sergeant James Allen May.
At the request of Senator Stollings, unanimous consent being granted, the Senate returned to the second order of business and the introduction of guests.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 36, Requesting Division of Highways name bridge in Ona, Cabell County, "Cpl. William Bradley Fulks Memorial Bridge".
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 37, Requesting Division of Highways name bridge in Diana, Webster County, "David Daniel Hamrick Memorial Bridge".
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 38, Requesting Division of Highways name bridge in Trace Fork, Kanawha County, "Private Clinton Griffith and Staff Sergeant Jack Griffith Memorial Bridge".
Thereafter, at the request of Senator Chafin, and by unanimous consent, the remarks by Senator Stollings were ordered printed in the Appendix to the Journal.
On motion of Senator Chafin, the Senate adjourned until Monday, February 4, 2008, at 11 a.m.