COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

House Convenes - 11:00 am

JOINT JUDICIARY/FINANCE COMMITTEE
PUBLIC INFORMATION PRESENTATION
MARCELLUS SHALE DRILLING
3:30 pm - House Chamber

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
8:30 am - Room 215-E
H.B. 2683 - Aged/disabled farmers continue to have their farm appraised as farm property after they cease farming
H.B. 2924 - "Dutch's Law" honoring fallen law enforcement canines

COMMITTEE ON BANKING & INSURANCE
10:00 am - Room 215-E
H.B. 2882 - Commissioner's Assessment & Examination fund
H.B. 2962 - Increasing fine or penalty Commissioner may impose on residential mortgage brokers and lenders
H.B. 2963 - Surplus lines insurance
H.B. 2983 - Captive insurance
H.B. 2943 - Insurance Commissioner may designate the administrator of the adverse risk plan

COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION
2:00 pm - Room 410





COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, INDUSTRY, & LABOR,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
1:00 pm - Room 460

H.B. 2762 - County Economic Opportunity Development District Act
H.B. 2837 - Exempting consumers sales tax/use tax for qualified purchases
H.B. 2953 - Dedication of coalbed methane severance tax proceeds
H.B. 2955 - Mining and Reclamation to assess certain fees to mine operators
H.B. 2884 - Statute of limitations on claims involving manufactured homes
H.B. 2890 - Energy Efficient Building Act
H.B. 2545 - Onsite employees at public works construction to complete an OSHA 10 hour construction safety program
H.B. 2448 - Creative Communities Development Pilot Program

SUBCOMMITTEE A
4:00 pm - Room 252
H.B. 2545 - Onsite employees to complete OSHA 10 hour safety program

COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
9:15 am - Room 215-E
H.B. 2945 - Reporting beaver and river otter taken and tagged
H.B. 2948 - Relating to electronic registration of wildlife
H.B. 3000 - Making it lawful to hunt coyotes with a green colored light
H.B. 2880 - Establishing forestry officers and special forestry officers
H.B. 2149 - Increasing compensation for conservation officers

COMMITTEE ON PENSIONS & RETIREMENT
10:00 am - Room 460
H.B. 2921 - Redefining final average salary
H.B. 2939 - Clarifying definition of compensation for calculating required contributions to the public employees retirement system





COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
1:00 pm - Room 215-E
H.B. 2208 - Provides for actual costs to be paid for municipal audits; reduces cap on audits for Class IV municipalities
H.B. 2519 - Qualifications of application for position of deputy sheriff
H.B. 2760 - Revises Municipal economic Opportunity Development Act
H.B. 2852 - West Virginia Tax Increment Financing Act
H.B. 2855 - Salaries for certain county officials/employees are minimum salaries
H.B. 2927 - Removes outdated language from the Code/ county prosecutor to be full time

COMMITTEE ON ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
2:00 pm - Room 215-E
H.B. 2975 - Alternative means for initial purchase of junked vehicles to notify Division
H.B. 2226 - DMV to notify state police when registered sex offender buys, trades or registers motor vehicle
H.B. 2338 - Employment and compensation of school service personnel
H.B. 2802 - Prohibits use of turning lanes for through traffic under certain circumstances

COMMITTEE ON SENIOR CITIZEN ISSUES
3:00 pm - Room 215-E
Presentations:Laura Boone, Director, Long Term Care Partnership
Mark Knabenshue, Executive Director, Hancock County Senior Citizens, Inc.
HCR __ Joint Committee authorize study of state's in-home care workforce

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS/HOMELAND SECURITY
9:00 am - Room 460
H.B. 2761 - Predesignating Division of Veterans' Affairs as Department of Veteran's Assistance within the executive branch
H.B. 3003 - Leave of absence for members of the National Guard or Armed Forces Reserves who are also public officials and employees