SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 41
(Originating in the Committee on Finance)
Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the
funding of county public libraries in and for the State of
West Virginia.
Whereas, Public libraries are an integral part of educating
the citizens of this state; and
Whereas, Eleven county boards of education are required to
designate a portion of their property tax collections for public
libraries: Nine from regular levy collections and two from excess
levies; and
Whereas, Computation of local share includes the portion of
moneys levied by these eleven county boards of education for
support of public libraries; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is
requested to review, examine and study the status of funding of
county public libraries in this state, the development of a
solution to reduce or eliminate the relationship between the
funding of county libraries and the local share computation and to
make recommendations to the Legislature regarding the same; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and
Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2002, on
its findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts
of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this
study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be
paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance.