COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 3190

(By Delegates Hrutkay, Fleischauer, Brown, Ellem

Armstead, Calvert and Foster)

(Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary)


[January 19, 2004]


A BILL to amend and reenact §18-2B-5 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the titling of property for area vocational education programs.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-2B-5 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2B. AREA VOCATIONAL PROGRAM.

§18-2B-5. Title to property.

Title to any property, equipment, tools, furniture or instructional materials purchased prior to the effective date of this section out of the fund provided for area vocational education program funds previously established and existing immediately prior to the effective date of this article shall be transferred to and vested in the West Virginia board of education or the county board of education of the county in which the facility is located. After the effective date of this article, purchases from funds established in section four shall be vested in the state board of education, or the county board of education of the county in which the facility is located, or the board of directors as the case may be.