ENGROSSED

Senate Bill No. 605

(By Senators Blatnik, Boley, Chafin, Dugan, Helmick, Jackson, Kimble, Love, Minear, Sharpe and Whitlow)

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[Originating in the Committee on Finance;

Reported March 5, 1996.]

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A BILL making a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of the treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the lottery net profits fund, to the department of military affairs and public safety, adjutant general-state militia, account no. fund 0433, fiscal year 1996, organization 0603, all supplementing and amending the appropriation for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six.

Whereas, The governor submitted to the Legislature the executive budget document, dated the tenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, which included a statement of the lottery net profits fund, setting forth therein the cash balance and investments as of the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, and further included the estimate of revenues for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six.
Whereas, It thus appearing from the governor's executive budget document there now remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the state treasury which is available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six; therefore
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That chapter eight, acts of the Legislature, regular session, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, known as the budget bill, be supplemented and amended by adding to title two, section four thereof, as follows:
TITLE II--APPROPRIATIONS.

Sec. 4. Appropriations from lottery net profits.

55--Adjutant General-State Militia

(WV Code Chapter 15)

Account no.

Fund 0433 FY 1996 Org 0603

Act- Lottery
ivity Funds
1 College Education Fund................. 232 $ 1,000,000
Any unexpended balance remaining in the appropriation (fund 0433, activity 232) at the close of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, is hereby reappropriated for expenditure during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven.
The purpose of this bill is to supplement the budget act for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, by providing for an appropriation of lottery net profit funds available in the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, to provide funding in the amount of one million dollars for the college education fund.