H.
B.
4324
(By Delegates Nesbitt, Henderson, Harrison and Walters)
[Introduced February 2, 1994; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend article one, chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-three, relating to adding a jobs note to new legislation.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-three, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. OFFICERS, MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES; APPROPRIATIONS;
INVESTIGATIONS; DISPLAY OF FLAGS; RECORDS; USE OF
CAPITOL BUILDING; PREFILING OF BILLS AND
RESOLUTIONS; STANDING COMMITTEES; INTERIM MEETINGS;
NEXT MEETING OF THE SENATE.
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4-1-23. Jobs note required for all proposed legislation.
Beginning with the Legislature for the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, each proposed legislation shall have a "jobs note" attached. The "jobs note" shall be completed by the West Virginia Development Office and shall have three possible answers which are:
(1) This legislation will increase private jobs_____
(2) This legislation will decrease private jobs_____
(3) This legislation will neither increase nor decrease private jobs_____.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require a jobs note to each new legislation indicating the probability, if any, of increasing jobs or decreasing jobs.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.