COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR


Senate Bill No. 177

(By Senator Sharpe)

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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;

reported February 20, 2003.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section three-a, article two-a, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the aeronautics commission; and authorizing expenditure of funds for educational purposes.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three-a, article two-a, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2A. STATE AERONAUTICS COMMISSION.

§29-2A-3a. Expenses of civil air patrol; commission may expend funds pursuant to rules.

(a) The commission, in addition to all other powers and functions authorized by law, is hereby authorized and empowered to expend state funds: (1) For educational purposes, including, but not limited to, training seminars and conferences; (2) for the purchase of civil air patrol aviation education training aid books, materials and equipment; (2) (3) to defray maintenance, repair and replacement costs of civil air patrol aircraft; (3) (4) to purchase and obtain supplies and equipment for the civil air patrol; and (4) (5) to maintain the communications network for the civil air patrol.
(b) No expenditure of state funds for any such purposes may be made unless the purchase order is first approved by the commission in accordance with the commission's rules and regulations relating thereto. Only funds specifically appropriated by the Legislature for such purposes may be so expended by the commission and funds so appropriated shall be expended for no other purposes.




NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide the Aeronautics Commission latitude to fund and sponsor training and conference attendance related to the commission's duties.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.