HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS INTRODUCED
Thursday, February 24, 2005
2624.By Del. Swartzmiller - Effecting technical corrections to the deputy sheriff retirement system
(FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2625.By Del. Swartzmiller - Changing how the accrued retirement benefit of a deputy sheriff
retirement system member is calculated (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2626.By Del. Swartzmiller - Providing that active military personnel stationed in this state need
not obtain a hunting, fishing or trapping permit (FN) - To Agriculture and Natural Resources
then Finance
2627.By Del. Swartzmiller - Authorizing a health benefit plan to provide health insurance benefits
to certain former employees of businesses in this State who have lost their jobs (FN) - To
Banking and Insurance then Finance
2628.By Del. Swartzmiller - Defining athletic trainers and establishing a licensing board (FN) -
To Government Organization then Finance
2629.By Del. Swartzmiller - Creating the crime of possession of burglarious tools - To Judiciary
2630.By Del. Beach, Stemple, Proudfoot, Swartzmiller, Williams, Anderson and Schoen - Relating
to National Animal Identification System - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then
Judiciary
2631.By Del. Swartzmiller - Requiring registered sex offenders to be issued special driver's
licenses and motor vehicle registration plates that identifies the person as a registered sex
offender - To Roads and Transportation then Judiciary
2632.By Del. H. White, R. M. Thompson, Hrutkay, Perry, Azinger and G. White - Relating to the
filing of insurance rates and forms - To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary
2633.By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Kiss) and Del. Trump [By Request of the Executive] - Submitting the
proposed "Pension Bond Amendment" to the Constitution of the state to the people of the
state for ratification or rejection - To Constitutional Revision then Finance
2634.By Del. Beane - Making changes to the West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard
of Hearing - To Government Organization
2635.By Del. Beach, Stemple, Proudfoot, Swartzmiller, Williams, Anderson and Schoen -
Creating the Exotic Animal Regulation Board and Technical Advisory Committee - To
Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization
2636.By Del. Evans, Schadler, Rowan and Leggett - Relating to limiting the liability of a West
Virginia merchant for credit card fraud over the internet - To Banking and Insurance then
Judiciary
2637.By Del. Stalnaker - Relating to amending the definitions of less than honorable service and
retirement plan (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2638.By Del. Swartzmiller, Manchin, Stemple, Pethtel, Varner, Kominar and Ennis - Increasing
the amount of allowable equity investments in municipal police and fire pension plans (FN)
- To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2639.By Del. Swartzmiller, Stemple, Pethtel, Varner, Manchin, Kominar and Ennis - Mandating
Class I and Class II municipalities comply with NFPA 1710 for the fire departments on or
before June 30, 2006 - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2640.By Del. Pino - Repealing the authority of county courts to provide for the working of
prisoners - To Judiciary
2641.By Del. Trump, Overington, Leggett, Frich, Sumner, Ellem and Blair - Nonpartisan election
of justices of the supreme court of appeals - To Judiciary
2642.By Del. Louisos - Relating to imposition of an annual fee of ten thousand dollars on each
video lottery machine at a dog or horse racetrack - To Judiciary then Finance
2643.By Del. Louisos - Repealing a section of the code relating to requirements as to franchise
agreements between brewers and distributors - To Judiciary
2644.By Del. Trump, Armstead, Sobonya, Howard, Rowan, Porter and Lane - Reducing the
consumer sales tax on food (FN) - To Finance
2645.By Del. Trump, Wakim, Border, Anderson, Roberts, Carmichael and Stevens - Reducing the
West Virginia corporate net income tax from nine percent to six percent (FN) - To Finance
2646.By Del. Trump, Armstead, Sobonya, Howard, Azinger, Walters and Evans - Phasing out and
abolishing the business franchise tax (FN) - To Finance
2647.By Del. Stalnaker - Relating to acquiring retirement credited service through member's use
of accrued annual or sick leave days (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2648.By Del. Perdue, R. Thompson, Butcher, Stephens, Carmichael and Armstead - Providing an
exemption from estate taxes and the Consumers Sales and Service Tax for certain expenses
of any infant who dies before reaching one year of age (FN) - To Finance
2649.By Del. Perdue, Susman, Wells and Hall - Requiring basic training in Alzheimer's and
dementia in certain health care facilities - To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2650.By Del. Beach, Stemple, Proudfoot, Swartzmiller, Williams, Anderson and Schoen - Relating
to beef industry self-improvement assessment program - To Agriculture and Natural
Resources then Judiciary
2651.By Del. Stalnaker - Relating to Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System (FN) -
To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2652.By Del. Stalnaker - Clarifying lump sum optional payment for unused leave (FN) - To
Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2653.By Del. Swartzmiller, Ennis, Stemple, Varner, Pethtel and Manchin - Providing OSHA
coverage for municipal firefighters - To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2654.By Del. Ashley and Wakim - Prohibiting cloning of human embryos in state medical schools,
colleges or universities - To Education then Judiciary
2655.By Del. DeLong - Providing for the emancipation of minors who enlist in the armed forces
and who have completed the attendant course of basic training - To Judiciary
2656.By Del. Stemple, Kominar, H. White, Doyle and Paxton - Providing that United States flags
fly at half-mast for three days whenever a state resident soldier is killed by hostile fire or
when an in-state law-enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty - To Veterans Affairs
and Homeland Security then Judiciary
2657.By Del. Schoen - Requiring that parents whose parental rights are terminated continue to be
responsible for support of the child until the child is adopted, reaches age of majority or is
otherwise emancipated - To Judiciary
2658.By Del. Armstead, Walters, Carmichael, Wells, Lane and Spencer - Requiring any
law-enforcement agency hiring a person within three years of his or her training at the West
Virginia law-enforcement training academy to pay a fraction of the cost of such training - To
Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2659.By Del. Stalnaker - Giving certain annuitants of the Public Employees Retirement System
and the Teachers Retirement System who are over the age of 60 years a one-time supplement
(FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
2660.By Del. Paxton - Relating to setting standards for assignment of high school athletic directors
(FN) - To Education then Finance
2661.By Del. Perdue, Hatfield, Spencer, Leach and Mahan - Prohibiting the sale of candy or
fruit-flavored cigarettes in this state - To Judiciary
2662.By Del. Perry, R. M. Thompson, Beach, Wells, Hrutkay and Tabb - Relating to granting
campus police officers law enforcement powers at private institutions of higher education
in this state - To Education then Judiciary
2663.By Del. Beach, Stemple, Proudfoot, Swartzmiller, Williams, Anderson and Schoen - Relating
to digging, growing, collecting, gathering, possessing and selling ginseng - To Agriculture
and Natural Resources then Judiciary
2664.By Del. Craig, Leach, Morgan and Stephens - Allowing the employees of the River Valley
Child Development Center to elect to withdraw from PERS - To Political Subdivisions then
Judiciary
2665.By Del. Hrutkay, Webster, Pino, Mahan and Ellem - Relating to the use of checks, bank
account debit authorizations, or share drafts as security for loans or cash advances - To
Banking and Insurance then Judiciary