HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 25
(By Delegates Beane, Johnson, Farris, Thompson, Walters,
Jenkins, Fantasia, H. White, Amores, Flanigan,
Gillespie, Laird, Tillis, Wright, Hutchins, Dempsey, Heck,
Tomblin, Azinger, Cann, Hunt, Clements, Seacrist and L. White)
(April 12, 1997)

Requesting the Speaker to appoint a House Select Committee on Insurance to meet between the regular sessions of the Legislature.
Whereas, The House of Delegates Committee on Banking and Insurance has been and will be subjected to the review, study, analysis and resolution of various issues in response to federal legislation and current trends in the insurance industry; and
Whereas, The Committee on Banking and Insurance is unable to fully respond to these issues through legislation presented to the Committee during regular sessions of the Legislature; and
Whereas, It is appropriate to authorize a House Select Committee to sit between regular sessions; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the House of Delegates Select Committee on Insurance be created by Rule 90 of the Rules of the House of Delegates; and, be it
Further Resolved, That, pursuant to subsection (a), section one, article one, chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, the House Select Committee on Insurance is hereby directed to meet between the regular sessions of the Legislature at such times and places as the Speaker of the House of Delegates shall direct; and, be it
Further Resolved, That in accordance with subsection (a), section one, article one, chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, the Clerk of the House of Delegates is hereby authorized to draw requisitions upon the Auditor for travel expenses of members of the House of Delegates serving on such committee or subcommittees as authorized, from time to time, by the Committee on Rules and for the payment of staff, as directed, from time to time, by the Speaker; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the authority of this resolution shall be in addition to the authority for meetings of joint standing committees or joint subcommittees thereof under the supervision of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance, pursuant to subsections (b) and (c), section one, article one, chapter four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended.