Senate Bill No. 689
(By Senators Unger and McKenzie)
____________
[Introduced February 19, 2007; referred to the Committee on
Finance.]
____________
A BILL to amend and reenact §17-3-4 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §17C-17B-3 of said
code, all relating to the disbursement of funds from the State
Road Fund.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §17-3-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted; and that §17C-17B-3 of said code be
amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. STATE ROAD FUND.
§17-3-4. Disbursements from road fund.
(a) The commissioner shall certify monthly to the state
Auditor the amount due to each member of the commission, himself
and each employee of the commission for services rendered as such
members, commissioner and employees and the Auditor shall issue his
warrant therefor on the State Treasurer, payable out of the state road fund appropriated for such purpose.
(b) Any claim of a contractor or others, not otherwise
provided for, for labor done or for materials, services or supplies
furnished to the state road commission, pursuant to the provisions
of any article to this chapter, shall be audited by the
commissioner, and, if found correct, the commissioner shall issue
the commission's requisition upon the Auditor of the state
therefor, showing the nature of such claim and whether it is for
labor done or materials, services or supplies furnished for
construction of state roads, or for other purposes, and the Auditor
shall issue his warrant upon the State Treasurer therefor, and the
treasurer shall pay the same to the person, firm or corporation
entitled thereto, out of the funds in the treasury provided for
that purpose.
(c) The commissioner may not authorize any disbursements from
the State Road Fund to any agency for the monitoring of the state's
roadways for safety or the enforcement of the laws of the state or
federal government.
ARTICLE 17B. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN JURISDICTION AND EMPLOYEES TO
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
§17C-17B-3. Transfer of certain employees from Department of
Transportation to Public Service Commission.
(a) Effective the first day of July, two thousand three,
employees of the Department of Transportation whose primary governmental duties as of the thirtieth day of June, two thousand
three, included the administration and enforcement of this code and
rules promulgated under this code relating to vehicular weight or
the issuance of permits for excess vehicular weight shall be
transferred from the Department of Transportation to the Public
Service Commission of West Virginia.
(b) Upon the transfer of employees as provided in subsection
(a) of this section, the Department of Transportation shall pay to
the Public Service Commission the costs of personal services,
employees benefits and other associated costs of the transferred
employees.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to place limitations on the
use of disbursements from the State Road Fund.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.