HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2
(By Delegate Warner)
[Introduced January 15, 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 the
issuance of specialized motor vehicle license plates to
promote a pet neutering and spaying program in the State of
West Virginia and to require that revenue funds accruing from
the sales of all specialized pet neutering and spaying motor
vehicle license plates which are in excess of revenues
otherwise dedicated to the road fund shall be expended solely
for the management, educational benefit and use of neutering
and spaying programs in the State and in the counties of the
State and for no other purposes.
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. Revenues applicable to pet neutering and spaying programs in
the State.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution to
the contrary, the Legislature may, by general law, provide funding
for the management, educational benefit and use of pet neutering
and spaying programs in the State by providing a specialized pet
neutering and spaying motor vehicle registration plate for motor
vehicles registered in this State. The registration plate shall be
issued on a voluntary basis pursuant to terms and conditions
provided by general law for an additional fee above the basic
registration fee and license fees and costs otherwise dedicated to
the road fund. Any moneys collected from the issuance of these
specialized registration plates in excess of those revenues
otherwise dedicated to the road fund shall be deposited in a
special revenue account in the state treasury and expended only in
accordance with appropriations made by the Legislature as provided
by general law for the management, educational benefit and use of
pet neutering and spaying programs in the State and in the counties
of the State. All moneys collected which are in excess of the
revenue otherwise dedicated to the road fund shall be deposited by the State treasurer in the "pet neutering and spaying programs
fund" created especially for the pet neutering and spaying programs
in this State and in the counties of the State.
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, such proposed
amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment No. 1" and designated as
the "Pet Animal Neutering and Spaying Amendment" and the purpose of
the proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "To amend the
Constitution of West Virginia to require that revenue funds
accruing from the sale of all specialized pet neutering and spaying
motor vehicle registration plates which are in excess of revenues
otherwise dedicated to the road fund shall be expended solely for
the management, educational benefit and use of neutering and
spaying programs in the State and in the counties of the State and
for no other purposes."
NOTE: The purpose of this resolution is to amend the
Constitution to promote a pet neutering and spaying
program in the
State and to require that revenue funds accruing from the sale of
all specialized pet neutering and spaying motor vehicle
registration plates which are in excess of revenues otherwise
dedicated to the road fund shall be expended solely for the
management, educational benefit and use of neutering and spaying
programs in the State and in the counties of the State.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.