ENROLLED

H. B. 4703


(By Delegates Michael, Doyle, Leach, Kelley,

Campbell, Fantasia and Compton)


[Passed March 14, 1998; in effect from passage.]



AN ACT expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance in the state fund, general revenue, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety- eight, in the amount of twenty million dollars from the income tax refund reserve fund, account no. fund 1313, organization 1300, and making supplementary appropriations of public moneys out of the treasury from the unappropriated surplus balance for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, to the governor's office, civil contingent fund, account no. fund 0105, fiscal year 1998, organization 0100; to the department of education, West Virginia schools for the deaf and the blind, account no. fund 0320, fiscal year 1998, organization 0403; to the department of health and human resources, division of human services, account no. fund 0403, fiscal year 1998, organization 0511; and to the department of military affairs and public safety, division of corrections- -correctional units, account no. fund 0450, fiscal year 1998, organization 0608, all for expenditure during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight.

Whereas, The Legislature finds that it anticipates that the funds available to assist flood and other natural disaster victims and to fund other needed infrastructure, community development and other projects throughout the state will fall short of that needed during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight; and
Whereas, The income tax refund reserve fund has a sufficient balance available for appropriation in the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight; and
Whereas, By the provisions of this legislation 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-eight; therefore
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the balance of funds in the income tax refund reserve fund, account no. fund 1313, organization 1300, be decreased by expiring the amount of twenty million dollars to the unappropriated surplus balance of the state fund, general revenue, and that the total appropriation for fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety- eight, to account no. fund 0105, fiscal year 1998, organization 0100, be supplemented and amended by increasing the total appropriation by five million dollars as follows:
TITLE II--APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

EXECUTIVE

8--Governor's Office--

Civil Contingent Fund

(WV Code Chapter 5A)

Account No.

Fund 0105 FY 1997 Org 0100

General
Act- Revenue
ivity Fund
1Civil Contingent Fund - Surplus (R). . .263$ 5,000,000
Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriation for Civil Contingent Fund - Surplus (R) (fund 0105, activity 263) at the close of the fiscal year 1997-98 are hereby reappropriated for expenditure during the fiscal year 1998-1999.
That the total appropriation for fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, to account no. fund 0320, fiscal year 1998, organization 0403, be supplemented and amended by increasing the total appropriation by four hundred thousand dollars in a new line item as follows:
TITLE II--APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

39--West Virginia Schools for the

Deaf and the Blind

(WV Code Chapters 18 and 18A)

Account No.

Fund 0320 FY 1998 Org 0403

General
Act- Revenue
ivity Fund

5a Capital Outlay, Repairs and Equipment (R)589$400,000
Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriation for Capital Outlay, Repairs and Equipment (fund 0320, activity 589) at the close of the fiscal year 1997-98 are hereby reappropriated for expenditure during the fiscal year 1998-1999.
That the total appropriation for fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, to account no. fund 0403, fiscal year 1998, organization 0511, be supplemented and amended by increasing the total appropriation by fourteen million dollars in a new line item as follows:
TITLE II--APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

AND HUMAN SERVICES

56--Division of Human Services--

(WV Code Chapters 9, 48 and 49)

Account No.

Fund 0403 FY 1998 Org 0511

General
Act- Revenue
ivity Fund
35a Medical Services
35b Payment Backlog-Transfer783 $14,000,000
The total amount from the above appropriation to medical services payment backlog-transfer (fund 0403, activity 783) shall be transferred to the division of human services--medical services trust fund, account no. fund 5185, fiscal year 1998, organization 0511 (activity 260), to make payments of the medical services backlog.
And, that the total appropriation for fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, to account no. fund 0450, fiscal year 1998, organization 0608, be supplemented and amended by increasing the total appropriation by six hundred thousand dollars as follows:
TITLE II--APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS
AND PUBLIC SAFETY
62--Division of Corrections--

Correctional Units

(WV Code Chapters 25, 28, 49 and 62)

Account No.

Fund 0450 FY 1998 Org 0608

General
Act- Revenue
ivity Fund

1 Personal Services001$342,500
3 Employee Benefits010$130,000
4 Unclassified099$111,000
10 Inmate Medical Expense535$ 16,500
The purpose of this bill is to expire the sum of twenty million dollars from the income tax refund reserve fund, account no. fund 1313, organization 1300, and to supplement the governor's office, civil contingent fund, account no. fund 0105, fiscal year 1998, organization 0100, in the budget act for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, by adding five million dollars to the existing appropriation; to supplement the department of education, West Virginia schools for the deaf and the blind, account no. fund 0320, fiscal year 1998, organization 0403, in the budget act for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, by adding four hundred thousand dollars to a new line item in the existing appropriation; to supplement the department of health and human resources, division of human services, account no. fund 0403, fiscal year 1998, organization 0511, in the budget act for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, by adding fourteen million dollars to a new line item in the existing appropriation; and to supplement the department of military affairs and public safety, division of corrections--correctional units, account no. fund 0450, fiscal year 1998, organization 0608, in the budget act for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, by adding six hundred thousand dollars to the existing appropriation.