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Charleston, W. Va., Friday, September 9, 2005
Pending the reading of the Journal of Thursday, September 8, 2005,
On motion of Senator Love, the special order of business set for this position on the calendar (consideration of executive and legislative nominations) was postponed and made a special order of business for tomorrow, Saturday, September 10, 2005, at 9 a.m.
Eng. Senate Bill No. 4002, Allowing additional elections at primary elections; removing certain language.
On page four, section sixteen, line eight, after the word "apply" by changing the colon to a period and striking out the following: Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall conflict with the provisions of section eleven, article X of the Constitution of West Virginia.
Engrossed Senate Bill No. 4002, as amended by the House of Delegates, was then put upon its passage.
So, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. S. B. No. 4002) 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. 4002) takes effect from passage.
Eng. House Bill No. 403--A Bill to amend and reenact §15-2A-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to benefits to dependents of a state trooper who dies in performance of duties or dies after retirement due to service-related disability.
Eng. House Bill No. 406--A Bill to amend and reenact §2-2-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to state holidays; providing that the fourth Thursday and Friday of November shall be legal holidays known as the Thanksgiving Holidays; and combining Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays into a single Presidents' Day holiday.
At the request of Senator Chafin, and by unanimous consent, reference of the bill to a committee was dispensed with, and it was taken up for immediate consideration.
I am respectfully withdrawing the following appointment from Senate Executive Message No. 1 dated September 7, 2005:
39. For Member, Governor's Advisory Council for Educational Technology, Dr. Gail E. Looney, Charleston, Kanawha County, for the term ending April 10, 2008.
Now on second reading, having been read a first time and referred to the Committee on Finance on September 7, 2005;
Senate Bill No. 4010, Relating to proposed merger of Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System with State Teachers Retirement System.
Now on second reading, having been read a first time and referred to the Committee on Finance on September 8, 2005;
At the request of Senator Helmick, unanimous consent being granted, one of the bills (S. B. No. 4010) contained in the preceding report from the Committee on Finance was taken up for immediate consideration and read a second time.
On page ten, section six, line twenty, after the word "transferred." by inserting the following: Except as otherwise provided in this section, each member shall pay the contribution required no later than the thirtieth day of June, two thousand seven.;
On page twelve, section six, line fourteen, after the word "seven" by changing the period to a colon and adding the following proviso: Provided, That a member who has left employment but has not withdrawn his or her funds, upon returning to employment, shall pay the one and one-half percent contribution required in this section within one year of being rehired, and, for one year following the date of rehire, is eligible to obtain a loan, as established in this section, for the purpose of paying the required contribution.
The bill (S. B. No. 4010), as amended, was then ordered to engrossment and third reading.
Engrossed Senate Bill No. 4010 was then read a third time and put upon its passage.
On the passage of the bill, the yeas were: Bailey, Barnes, Boley, Bowman, Caruth, Chafin, Deem, Dempsey, Edgell, Facemyer, Fanning, Foster, Guills, Helmick, Hunter, Jenkins, Kessler, Lanham, Love, McCabe, Minard, Minear, Plymale, Prezioso, Sharpe, Sprouse, Unger, Weeks, White and Tomblin (Mr. President)--30.
The nays were: Harrison, McKenzie, Oliverio and Yoder--4.
So, a majority of all the members present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. S. B. No. 4010) passed.
On motions of Senators Foster and Helmick, the following amendment to the title of the bill was reported by the Clerk and adopted:
Eng. Senate Bill No. 4010--A Bill to amend and reenact §18-7C- 2, §18-7C-3, §18-7C-4, §18-7C-5, §18-7C-6, §18-7C-7, §18-7C-8, §18- 7C-9, §18-7C-10, §18-7C-11, §18-7C-12 and §18-7C-13 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to the proposed merger of the Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System with the State Teachers Retirement System; amending certain definitions; clarifying credit receipt and asset calculations for transfer; clarifying when certain contributions shall be paid; clarifying loan eligibility; establishing date on which money must be in a member's account to be eligible to vote in the merger election; requiring payment of contribution for full service credit; adding the Board's ability to do all things necessary to maintain the current retirement system during any transition period; clarifying that the member may select either periodic payments or lump sum distribution of the member's total vested account at the date of merger if certain conditions are met; and technical corrections.
On this question, the yeas were: Bailey, Barnes, Boley, Bowman, Caruth, Chafin, Deem, Dempsey, Edgell, Facemyer, Fanning, Foster, Guills, Helmick, Hunter, Jenkins, Kessler, Lanham, Love, McCabe, Minard, Minear, Plymale, Prezioso, Sharpe, Sprouse, Unger, Weeks, White and Tomblin (Mr. President)--30.
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. 4010) takes effect from passage.
Senate Bill No. 4011, Allowing additional flexibility for issuance and rates for workers' compensation bonds generally.
At the request of Senator Kessler, unanimous consent being granted, the bill (S. B. No. 4011) contained in the preceding report from the Committee on the Judiciary was taken up for immediate consideration, read a first time, ordered to second reading and, under the original double committee reference, was then referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motions for leave, severally made, the following bill was introduced, read by its title, and referred to the appropriate committees:
By Senators Kessler, Bowman, Edgell, Minard, McKenzie, Minear, Sharpe, Plymale, Fanning, Dempsey, Prezioso, Jenkins, Foster, Hunter, Unger, White, McCabe, Facemyer, Lanham, Love, Deem, Caruth, Yoder, Sprouse, Weeks, Boley, Guills, Helmick, Bailey, Chafin and Tomblin (Mr. President):
Senate Bill No. 4018-- A Bill to amend and reenact §7-7-1 and §7-7-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to providing a salary increase for elected county officials; and finding that additional duties have been imposed on county officials which justify the increased compensation.
Senators Edgell and Kessler presented a petition from Joyce Suter and numerous West Virginia residents, requesting the Legislature repeal or amend the Limited Video Lottery Act to limit or restrict video lottery establishments.
Senate Bill No. 4014, Making supplementary appropriation to Lottery Commission, Excess Lottery Revenue Fund Surplus.
Engrossed Senate Bill No. 4014 was then read a third time and put upon its passage.
Senate Bill No. 4015, Supplementing, amending, reducing and increasing items of existing appropriation from Department of Agriculture, Fees Fund.
Engrossed Senate Bill No. 4015 was then read a third time and put upon its passage.
So, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. S. B. No. 4015) 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. 4015) takes effect from passage.
Senate Bill No. 4016, Making supplementary appropriation to Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Land Protection Authority.
Engrossed Senate Bill No. 4016 was then read a third time and put upon its passage.
So, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. S. B. No. 4016) 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. 4016) takes effect from passage.
Senate Bill No. 4017, Supplementing, amending, reducing and increasing existing appropriations from State Fund, General Revenue, to Division of Human Services and Higher Education Policy Commission.
Engrossed Senate Bill No. 4017 was then read a third time and put upon its passage.
So, a majority of all the members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the President declared the bill (Eng. S. B. No. 4017) 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. 4017) takes effect from passage.
Remarks were made by Senators Deem, Barnes, Prezioso and Caruth.
Thereafter, at the request of Senator Love, and by unanimous consent, the remarks by Senator Barnes were ordered printed in the Appendix to the Journal.
At the request of Senator Sprouse, unanimous consent being granted, the remarks by Senator Deem were ordered printed in the Appendix to the Journal.
On motion of Senator Chafin, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow, Saturday, September 10, 2005, at 9 a.m.