HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 11
(By Delegate Carmichael)
[Introduced January 30, 2003; referred to the
Committee on Constitutional Revision then the Judiciary.]
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West
Virginia, amending article six thereof by adding thereto a
new section, designated section fifty-seven, relating to
dedicating an appropriation of one percent of general revenue
to the division of natural resources to be used to fund
activities intended to promote and preserve the State's
wildlife resources and to fund law-enforcement activities
involving the division of natural resources; numbering and
designating such proposed amendment; and providing a
summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed
amendment.
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of
the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:
That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment
to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to
the voters of the State at the next general election to be held in
the year two thousand four, which proposed amendment is that
article six thereof be amended by adding thereto a new section,
designated section fifty-seven, to read as follows:
ARTICLE VI. THE LEGISLATURE.
§57. One percent of general revenue fund dedicated to division of
natural resources.
Each fiscal year, the Legislature shall dedicate an
appropriation of one percent of all funds existing in the general
revenue fund to the division of natural resources. The division
shall use the funds to promote and preserve fish and wildlife
conservation and nongame wildlife resources, and to fund
law-enforcement activities of the division.
Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of
article eleven, chapter three of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, the proposed
amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment No. 1" and designated the
"One Percent Appropriation of General Fund to Division of Natural
Resources Amendment" and the purpose of the proposed amendment is
summarized as follows: "The purpose of this amendment is to
dedicate an appropriation of one percent of general revenue to the
division of natural resources to be used to fund activities
intended to promote and preserve the State's wildlife resources and
to fund law-enforcement activities involving the division of
natural resources."
NOTE: The purpose of this amendment is to dedicate an
appropriation of one percent of general revenue to the division of
natural resources to be used to fund activities intended to promote
and preserve the State's wildlife resources and to fund
law-enforcement activities involving the division of natural
resources.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.