ENROLLED
H. B. 507
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Trump)
[By Request of the Executive]
[Passed September 11, 2001; in effect from passage.]
AN ACT to amend article two, chapter five-b of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve-a,
relating to authorizing the tourism commission use of the
tourism promotion fund to support the 2001 World Rafting
Championships in Fayette, Nicholas and Raleigh counties which
will be held in the month of September, two thousand one.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter five-b of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by
adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve-a, to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
§5B-2-12a. Tourism fund support of 2001 World Rafting Championships in Fayette, Nicholas and Raleigh
counties.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section twelve of this
article, the tourism commission may expend moneys from the tourism
promotion fund in the amount necessary and up to but not exceeding
four hundred thousand dollars to support the 2001 World Rafting
Championships in Fayette, Nicholas and Raleigh counties which will
be held in the month of September, two thousand one. Any
requirements for matching grants under the rules promulgated
pursuant to section twelve of this article shall not apply to this
section.
The provisions of this section shall expire on the
thirty-first day of December, two thousand one.