HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Thursday, January 16, 2003
2301. By Del. Amores, Palumbo, Hatfield, Armstead and Foster - Providing funding for necessary
care of animals seized pursuant to allegations of neglect - To Judiciary then Finance
2302. By Del. Campbell - Providing that a governing body may not go into executive session to
discuss the filling of a vacancy (FN) - To Judiciary
2303. By Del. Campbell - Allowing a state employer or other public employer to contribute to
deferred compensation plans to match employee contributions - To Pensions and Retirement
then Finance
2304. By Del. Doyle - Limiting the purchase of handguns to one gun per month - To Judiciary
2305. By Del. Doyle - Tuition and fee waivers for persons enrolled at state institutions of higher
education who wish to audit courses or classes (FN) - To Education then Finance
2306. By Del. Doyle - Uniform Premarital Agreement Act - To Judiciary
2307. By Del. Hall and Walters - Creating a criminal penalty for persons employed by any state
institution of higher education, etc., who assist in or perform abortions - To Health and
Human Resources then Judiciary
2308. By Del. Fleischauer, Mezzatesta, Hatfield, Kominar, Amores, Susman and Doyle -
Authorizing the assessor to grant or continue the homestead exemption under certain
circumstances (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2309. By Del. Fragale and Iaquinta - Allowing United States armed service personnel that have
completed the graduation requirements for the PROMISE scholarship before September 1,
1998, to be eligible for the scholarship (FN) - To Education then Finance
2310. By Del. Leggett, Yeager, Frederick, Manchin, Kominar, H. White and Romine - Establishing
the duty of support of a child born out of wedlock by the natural father who is a teenager
under the age of eighteen years - To Judiciary
2311. By Del. Louisos - Creating a three person rate review board within the public service
commission (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
2312. By Del. Louisos - Amending PSC rules, accelerated rate procedures for gas, water and electric utilities - To Judiciary
2313. By Del. Louisos - Granting high school diplomas to certain veterans - To Veterans Affairs
and Homeland Security then Education
2314. By Del. Louisos - Providing that certain discriminatory pricing practices prohibited under the
federal Robinson-Patman Act are also unlawful under West Virginia law - To Judiciary
2315. By Del. Louisos - Relating to the sales price of gasoline and prohibiting wholesalers of
cigarettes from offering discounts to retailers or consumers - To Judiciary
2316. By Del. Louisos - Requiring banks to immediately post deposits - To Banking and Insurance
then Judiciary
2317. By Del. Louisos - Providing that the public service commission members are elected by
statewide election - To Judiciary
2318. By Del. Louisos - Providing jury trials in certain administrative proceedings involving
contested cases - To Judiciary
2319. By Del. Louisos - Providing that surplus revenues remaining in the general revenue fund
after such revenues have been set aside for the revenue shortfall reserve fund shall be used
to reduce personal and corporate income tax rates - To Finance
2320. By Del. Louisos - Permitting the use of cash or a certificate of deposit in lieu of the posting
of any bond requirement under state law - To Judiciary
2321. By Del. Louisos - Providing for the election of public service commissioners - To Judiciary
2322. By Del. Louisos - Exempting military pensions from income tax obligations (FN) - To
Finance
2323. By Del. Mezzatesta and Williams - Establishing a division of school personnel within the
state department of education by July 1, 2003 (FN) - To Education
2324. By Del. Mezzatesta and Williams - Making student financial aid a priority over other funding
necessities in circumstances requiring budget reductions for an institution or commission of
higher education - To Education then Finance
2325. By Del. Mezzatesta and Williams - Establishing alternative considerations in planning
construction of comprehensive high schools for counties that have existing county
comprehensive vocational technical centers - To Education then Finance
2326. By Del. Mezzatesta, Williams, Anderson and Ellem - Better Sight for Better Learning Act
(FN) - To Education then Finance
2327. By Del. Mezzatesta, Michael, Williams and Warner - Creating a charitable gaming
commission to regulate and license charitable raffles and bingo (FN) - To Government
Organization then Finance
2328. By Del. Paxton - Authorizing an exemption from standardized testing for children receiving
an exemption from compulsory school attendance and who attend church school - To
Education
2329. By Del. Stalnaker - Requiring county commission of the county in which an indigent
individual resides to pay the expenses of a commitment hearing - To Judiciary
2330. By Del. Stemple - Relating to deferral of court costs and fees when collecting delinquent
emergency ambulance bills - To Judiciary then Finance
2331. By Del. Stemple and Williams - Creating a misdemeanor offense for the removal of
vegetation, stone or sand from the lands of another - To Judiciary
2332. By Del. Stemple, Paxton, Louisos and Canterbury - Directing the higher education policy
commission to conduct certain studies and report findings to certain legislative committees
- To Education
2333. By Del. Stemple, Butcher, Coleman, Swartzmiller and Tucker - Providing that two dollars
of the fees collected by the sheriff for service of process is deposited in the West Virginia
deputy sheriff retirement fund - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2334. By Del. Stemple, Swartzmiller, Coleman, Campbell, Williams and Varner - Changing the
final average salary calculation in determining the benefit of a deputy sheriff retirement
system member (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2335. By Del. Susman and Mahan - Requiring the department of health and human resources to
review the pay equity adjustment it made in 1999 - To Finance
2336. By Del. Susman, Hatfield and Fleischauer - Phasing out the sales tax on food (FN) - To
Finance
2337. By Del. R. M. Thompson - Authorizing service credit under public employees retirement for
federal employment service (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2338. By Del. R. M. Thompson - Providing for a felony offense under the shoplifting statute - To
Judiciary
2339. By Del. R. M. Thompson - Requiring the department of health and human resources to
reexamine and focus on positions that did not receive pay equity adjustments in 1999 (FN)
- To Finance
2340. By Del. R. M. Thompson - Granting wider authority of local fire departments to request
materials and equipment to prevent further danger when dealing with an accident (FN) - To
Political Subdivisions then Finance
2341. By Del. R. M. Thompson - Exempting sales of propane gas for any church, religious sect,
society or denomination consumption from the imposition of the excise tax on gasoline or
special fuel (FN) - To Finance
2342. By Del. R. M. Thompson - Requiring coverage by insurers for breast reconstruction
following mastectomy surgery - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2343. By Del. R. M. Thompson (By Request) - Increasing the amount of fees merchants are
allowed to charge for cashing government or other checks - To Banking and Insurance then
Judiciary
2344. By Del. Trump - Providing that honorably retire federal law-enforcement officers are exempt
from payment of fees and costs required otherwise in order to carry concealed deadly
weapons (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2345. By Del. Trump and Evans - Providing for the manner of distribution of funds appropriated
to the library commission for aid to libraries (FN) - To Finance
2346. By Del. Walters - Eliminating the seventy-five percent participation requirement for certain
group insurance policies (FN) - To Banking and Insurance then Finance
2347. By Del. Walters - Authorizing colleges and universities to charge county boards of education
for remedial education courses attended by West Virginia high school graduates (FN) - To
Education then Finance
2348. By Del. Warner - Allowing the use of accumulated leave to meet initial eligibility criteria for
retirement - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2349. By Del. Warner - Imposing a tax on commercial operation conducted on navigable
waterways by nonresident operators (FN) - To Judiciary then Finance
2350. By Del. Webb - Allowing certain children to seek unpaid accrued child support - To
Judiciary
2351. By Del. Webb - Reducing the tax on gasoline and special fuels (FN) - To Finance
2352. By Del. Williams - Providing that medical monitoring may not be awarded against
participants in the tobacco master settlement agreement - To Health and Human Resources
then Judiciary
2353. By Del. Williams - Increasing a surviving spouse's death benefit under a municipal police
officer's or firefighter's pension (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2354. By Del. Varner, Stemple, Kominar, Warner, Shelton, Butcher and Ferrell - Allowing
registration plates for motorcycles to be fastened in a vertical position and offering
motorcycle owners the choice of vertical or horizontal plates (FN) - To Roads and
Transportation then Finance
2355. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss) - Requiring the division of highways to use salt on roads where
economically feasible - To Roads and Transportation then Finance
2356. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss) - Making reports and notices to the Legislature concerning
lawsuits against government agencies exempt from civil discovery and from the freedom of
information act - To Judiciary
2357. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss) (By Request) - Authorizing the aeronautics commissioner to
expense funds - To Finance
2358. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss) - Allowing farm wineries to manufacture, serve and sell dessert,
port, sherry and Madeira wines as well as table wines - To Finance
2359. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss) - Allowing the state fire marshal to retain all of the special
revenue fees collected by his office - To Finance
2360. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss) - Prohibiting a municipality from closing a fire department
without advance approval of the state fire marshal - To Finance
2361. By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss) (By Request) - Authorizing county boards of education to provide
for the use of sick leave days by a surviving spouse in certain circumstances - To Pensions
and Retirement then Finance
2362. By Del. Fleischauer, Webster, Brown, Hatfield, Doyle and Amores - Requiring a physician
to obtain the informed consent of his or her patient before ending the patient's pregnancy by
inducing an abortion - To Judiciary