ENROLLED
H. B. 2564
(By Delegates Michael, Doyle, Campbell, Pettit,
Warner and Farris)
[Passed March 31, 1997; in effect from passage.]
AN ACT making a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out
of the treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an
unappropriated balance in the state fund, general revenue, to
the department of administration, public defender services,
account no. fund 0226, fiscal year 1997, organization 0221,
all supplementing and amending the appropriation for the
fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-seven.
Whereas, The governor submitted to the Legislature the
executive budget document, dated the twelfth day of February, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, which included a statement of
the state fund, general revenue, setting forth therein the cash
balance and investments as of the first day of July, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-six, and further included the estimate of
revenues for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, less net appropriation balances
forwarded and regular appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven; and
Whereas, It thus appearing from the governor's executive budget
document there now remains an unappropriated 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-seven; therefore
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending the
thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, to
account no. fund 0226, fiscal year 1997, organization 0221, be
supplemented and amended by increasing the total appropriation by
three million four hundred thousand dollars as follows:
TITLE II--APPROPRIATIONS.
Sec. 1. Appropriations from general revenue.
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
29--Public Defender Services
(WV Code Chapter 29)
Account No.
Fund 0226 FY 1997 Org 0221
GeneralGeneral
Revenue Revenue
Act-
FundFundivity
5Appointed Counsel Fees and
6 Public Defender Corporations (R)127$3,400,000
The purpose of this bill is to increase the appropriation for appointed counsel fees and public defender corporations by adding
three million four hundred thousand dollars to the existing
appropriation for expenditure during the fiscal year one thousand
nine hundred ninety-seven.