ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 654
(By Senators Love, Edgell, Unger and Sypolt)
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[Passed March 4, 2008; in effect from passage.]
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AN ACT finding and declaring certain claims against the state and
its agencies to be moral obligations of the state; and
directing the Auditor to issue warrants for the payment
thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE.
§1. Finding and declaring certain claims against the Attorney
General; Department of Administration; Department of
Education; Division of Corrections; Division of Highways;
Division of Motor Vehicles; Insurance Commission; Marshall
University; Public Service Commission; Regional Jail and
Correctional Facility Authority; West Virginia State Police
and West Virginia University to be moral obligations of the
state and directing payment thereof.
The Legislature has considered the findings of fact and recommendations reported to it by the Court of Claims concerning
various claims against the state and agencies thereof and in
respect to each of the following claims, the Legislature adopts
those findings of fact as its own and in respect of certain claims
herein, the Legislature has independently made findings of fact and
determinations of award and hereby declares it to be the moral
obligation of the state to pay each such claim in the amount
specified below and directs the Auditor to issue warrants for the
payment thereof out of any fund appropriated and available for the
purpose.
(a) Claim against the Attorney General:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Christopher C. McClung$1,858.20
(b)
Claims against the Department of Administration:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) CAS Structural Engineering, Inc.$38,326.03
(2) Stefaney A. Williams$64.80
(c)
Claims against the Department of Education:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Adelphoi Village, Inc.$31,270.00
(2) Pomeroy IT Solutions Sales Company$38,541.00
(d)
Claims against the Division of Corrections:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Gary Baker$69.00
(2) Kevin A. Boxley$50.00
(3) John Boyce$28.62
(4) Lucy N. Culver$13.48
(5) Roger E. Hedrick$54.36
(6) Regional Jail and Correctional
Facility Authority$877,753.00
(7) Michael E. Smith, Jr.$257.73
(8) Thomas S. Talbert$20.00
(9) Melinda K. Zirbs$7.45
(e) Claims against the Division of Highways:
(TO BE PAID FROM STATE ROAD FUND)
(1) Betty Sue Adkins$53.00
(2) Randy B. Amos$408.08
(3) Linda Arehart$137.75
(4) James W. Ayers and Lisa A. Ayers$500.00
(5) Annabelle Bailey, as Administrator
of the Estate of Roger E. Bailey$13,000.00
(6) Lonnie A. Bays$58.30
(7) Ronald Beasley$464.49
(8) Roy L. Beckett$285.28
(9) Larry Ray Bennett, as Administrator of
the Estate of Barbara Rosclea Bennett$ 37,000.00
(10)
Brian W. Bethel$203.13
(11)
Isaiah Bledsoe and Judy Bledsoe$201.79
(12) Crystal D. Brown$3,500.00
(13) Jami Bryant$5,000.00
(14) Connie Buckbee, individually and as
Administratrix of the Estate of
Julia Carolyn Strickland, deceased$500,000.00
(15) Dennis L. Burgess and
Jennifer W. Burgess$294.87
(16) Gary Bush$246.98
(17) Jeffery E. Carr$500.00
(18) Scott Chapman and Susan Chapman$500.00
(19) Michelle D. Clarkson$219.12
(20) Michael A. Cochran$263.20
(21) William David Collins$6,000.00
(22) Louie Constantino and
Daphne Constantino$500.00
(23) Jennifer Copley and Billy Joe Copley$9,850.00
(24) Coy Cumberledge$300.00
(25) Glenda S. Davis$62.16
(26) Cathy E. Dotson and Paul K. Dotson$355.05
(27) David A. Dove$1,000.00
(28) Jeffrey A. Dye and Nancy A. Dye$460.33
(29) Earl D. Ferguson$288.58
(30) Lois Mildred Gallagher$62.56
(31) Allen G. Gibbs and Esther L. Gibbs$252.32
(32)
David W. Greear$197.36
(33) Earl W. Grove, Jr.$262.12
(34) Donald D. Hall, Jr.$801.00
(35) Cheri Hamilton$476.02
(36) Brandie M. Harrison$295.67
(37) Michael L. Haslam$105.28
(38) Stella M. Hawkins$1,250.00
(39) Tracy Haynes and Chad Haynes$2,045.90
(40) Steve Hendrick$256.76
(41) Judy A. Hillberry$62.16
(42) Elmer Mickey Hodge and
Shirley Ann Hodge$125.08
(43) Diane L. Huffman$415.30
(44) Sheila Ann Hunt and Glenn Hunt$419.77
(45) Todd D. Jarrett$677.28
(46) Fred Jefferson, Jr., and Diani Jefferson$351.77
(47) Jeremy Johnson$252.18
(48) Robert Ray Johnson$500.00
(49) Ronald C. Jordan$57.24
(50) Kimberly Ann Kent$242.20
(51) Melvin R. Kessler$490.43
(52) Jeffrey D. Kidwell and Vickie Kidwell$120.23
(53)
James H. Kilgore III$500.00
(54)
John W. Lacy and Kristi R. Lacy$500.00
(55) Jennifer E. Larck$150.00
(56) Julia E. Legrand$250.00
(57) Regina Lott and Harry M. Lott$231.91
(58) Julia Marion and Larry Marion$500.00
(59)
Lona R. McCoy$408.33
(60) Tana B. McCraw$8,412.73
(61)
Adam N. Mendez$378.46
(62) John W. Morrow and Devonna Morrow$500.00
(63)
Willis Mullins$483.64
(64)
Cathy I. Neel and Michael Neel$132.50
(65) Robert Nuckolls$3,550.00
(66) John D. Outward$90.95
(67)
George Parnicza$387.34
(68) Carol A. Pascucci$357.15
(69)
Donna A. Pastorius and
John M. Pastorius$275.49
(70) Arthur T. Petty$89.09
(71) Henry M. Pooler$2,580.00
(72) Linda A. Porter and Thomas E. Porter$288.73
(73) Bonnie M. Prisk$903.87
(74) Charlena Ramey$332.41
(75) Daisy E. Robertson$221.60
(76) Michael Shawver and Zellamae Shawver$500.00
(77) Sharon L. Shunk and Richard L. Shunk$250.00
(78)
Frank O. Sirianni$500.00
(79) Patricia Sisson and Tanya Sisson$613.14
(80) Cruz Soto and Wilma L. Soto$7,302.01
(81)
Steven A. Taylor and Tracy L. Taylor$100.70
(82) Patsy Tenpenny$297.01
(83)
Sandra J. Thames$200.50
(84) William E. Thayer II$305.40
(85) Chandra C. Toney$500.00
(86) Jessica Townsend$500.00
(87) Trustees of the Saulsville
Baptist Church$81,800.00
(88) Donald Lee Underwood and
Vicki Lynn Underwood$867.00
(89) John Wagner and Jeanine Wagner$500.00
(90) Janet Marie Walker$272.76
(91) Eugene Wilfong and Dreama Wilfong$4,000.00
(92) Kimberly Wilson$200.54
(93) L. Marie Wolfe$167.48
(94) Lora J. Woomer and Bobby Woomer$1,742.00
(95) Samuel Zavatsky$124.00
(f)
Claims against the Division of Motor Vehicles:
(TO BE PAID FROM STATE ROAD FUND)
(1) Donna E. Graziani$162.50
(2) Lucy Rutherford$90.00
(g)
Claim against the Insurance Commission:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Morris Square Associates, LP$4,634.00
(h)
Claim against Marshall University:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Manpower$20,000.00
(i)
Claim against the Public Service Commission:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Pomeroy IT Solutions Sales Company Inc.$373.30
(j)
Claims against Regional Jail and Correctional Facility
Authority:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Medhanic C. Berhanc$83.44
(2) Andy Ryan Boggess$625.39
(3) Michael P. Burns$892.00
(4) David Jeffrey Edwards$374.95
(5) Robert England$120.00
(6) Charles W. Hall$659.05
(7) David Huffman$31.31
(8) Billy E. Hughes, Jr.$15.00
(9) Stephen Hutchins$130.00
(10)
Keith Wesley Johnson$179.00
(11)
Dayton S. Lister$20.06
(12)
Jeremiah David Mongold$20.69
(13)
Ransom Parris$604.00
(14)
Donna J. Snyder$500.00
(15)
Stephen F. Tlumach$6.66
(16)
Stephen Valkos$56.95
(k)
Claim against the WV State Police:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) James W. Dickens$2,475.00
(l)
Claim against West Virginia University:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) American Vending Company, Inc.$529,087.48
The Legislature finds that the above moral obligations and the
appropriations made in satisfaction thereof shall be the full
compensation for all claimants and that, prior to the payments to
any claimant provided in this bill, the Court of Claims shall
receive a release from said claimant releasing any and all claims
for moral obligations arising from the matters considered by the
Legislature in the finding of the moral obligations and the making
of the appropriations for said claimant. The Court of Claims shall
deliver all releases obtained from claimants to the department
against which the claim was allowed.