Senate Bill No. 516
(By Senators Love, Sharpe, Edgell and Minear)
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[Introduced February 7, 2006; referred to the Committee
on Finance.]
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A BILL finding and declaring certain claims against the state and
its agencies to be moral obligations of the state and
directing the Auditor to issue warrants for the payment
thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE.
§1. Finding and declaring certain claims against Concord
University; Division of Corrections; Division of
Environmental Protection; Division of Highways; Division
of Labor; Division of Natural Resources; Division of
Rehabilitation Services; Office of Emergency Services;
Public Service Commission; Regional Jail and Correctional
Facility Authority; West Virginia Division of Banking and
West Virginia University to be moral obligations of the
state and directing payment thereof.
The Legislature has considered the findings of fact and
recommendations reported to it by the Court of Claims concerning
various claims against the state and agencies thereof and in
respect to each of the following claims, the Legislature adopts
those findings of fact as its own and in respect of certain claims
herein, the Legislature has independently made findings of fact and
determinations of award and hereby declares it to be the moral
obligation of the state to pay each such claim in the amount
specified below and directs the Auditor to issue warrants for the
payment thereof out of any fund appropriated and available for the
purpose.
(a)
Claim against Concord University:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Aramark Facility Services Inc.$557,037.52
(b)
Claims against the Division of Corrections:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Barbour County Commission$21,750.00
(2) James Samples$750.00
(c)
Claim against the Division of Environmental Protection:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Leonard D. Wells$1,900.00
(d)
Claims against the Division of Highways:
(TO BE PAID FROM STATE ROAD FUND)
(1) Paul A. Akers$500.00
(2) Orville W. Bell, Jr.$219.67
(3) Irene M. Betler$250.00
(4) Donald J. Birmingham$100.00
(5) Susan Board$770.82
(6) Michael J. and Lisa Bonanno$100.00
(7) Anthony Bongiovanni$196.65
(8) Michael Buckbee$248.04
(9) Melissa Burnett$616.15
(10) Joseph M. and Terri L. Bush$500.00
(11) Laura Callahan$900.00
(12) Pamela L. Campbell$226.73
(13) Teela Carson$340.47
(14) David R. Carter$500.00
(15) Thomas G. Coberly$150.00
(16) Stacy and Brian Collins$580.73
(17) Joshua James Cook$403.78
(18) Lonnie R. and Rosa Lynn Crites$250.00
(19) Tom Daddysman$250.00
(20) Robert L. Dalrymple$48.35
(21) Sandra S. Dietz$216.24
(22) Joann Dodd$249.10
(23) Kenneth W. Doddrill$500.00
(24) Jessica Donaldson$135.18
(25) Ronald J. Duke$250.00
(26) Richard Dunham$114.65
(27) Betty and Nelson Edwards$250.00
(28) Gary and Rebecca Eisenman$1,000.00
(29) Bryan A. Elkins$250.00
(30) Maria Farley$500.00
(31) Jaime and Brent Foster$319.86
(32) Carrie L. Franklin$205.39
(33) Ralph E. and Phyllis J. Givens$250.00
(34) Elizabeth Gore$3,426.61
(35) Betsy F. and Eric T. Greathouse$500.00
(36) Kenny W. Gregg$127.19
(37) Sharon Harmon$500.00
(38) Michelle L. Harrington$77.60
(39) David M. Haynes$405.08
(40) John Hoffman$284.85
(41) Colosia A. Huff$342.29
(42) Debra K. Huff$500.00
(43) Heather Huffman$250.00
(44) James Klein$100.00
(45) Judith M. Koehler$172.61
(46) George F. Landers$500.00
(47) Lisa Roat Lavender$500.00
(48) Charles R. Long$194.23
(49) Teresa A. Lucas$2,694.34
(50) Rocky L. Martin$101.22
(51) Shannon G. Masters$101.67
(52) Karon McGrew$101.74
(53) Dee L. Mooney$100.00
(54) Tiffany Moore$118.72
(55) Nixon D. Nelson$204.93
(56) Frank Offutt$150.00
(57) Lisa Page$233.31
(58) Lenard Anthony Panrell$100,975.00
(59) Randy Parker$314.36
(60) Robert G. Phillips$250.00
(61) Velma C. and James C. Pomeroy$500.00
(62) Terri A. Radcliff$45.58
(63) Brandy M. Richmond$230.94
(64) Melissa A. Richmond$239.88
(65) Ronald L. Riley$3,734.47
(66) Connie Roese$450.00
(67) Carla R. Rose$500.00
(68) Susan A. Samples$315.60
(69) Judith A. See$250.00
(70) Robert D. Shirk$2,194.98
(71) Richard M. and Sandra Lynn Sliger$221.92
(72) Tammie R. Stephens$391.37
(73) Wesley S. Swain$163.54
(74) David Nicholas Thornton$100.00
(75) Judy Tonkin$333.85
(76) Jan Triplett$180.00
(77) W.R. Mollohan Inc.$8,340.47
(78) Patricia A. Welling$250.00
(79) Andrew W. Whipkey$465.30
(80) Kitty Wolfe$83.07
(81) Joyce and Nick F. Zervos, Jr.$500.00
(e)
Claims against the Division of Labor:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) SGS North America$18,040.00
(2) West Virginia Truck and Trailer Inc.$2,424.17
(f) Claims against the Division of Natural Resources:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Fabricut Contract$17,156.00
(2) Madison Coal & Supply Company Inc.$41,864.90
(3) Tom's Collision Repair$856.30
(g) Claim against the Division of Rehabilitation Services:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Sami M. Ghareeb DDS$894.00
(h) Claim against the Office of Emergency Services:
(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) RCS Communications$3,814.13
(i) Claims against the Public Service Commission:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Fred A. McComas$47.30
(2) Arnold W. Ryan II$35.88
(j) Claims against the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Ralph Blankenship$873.95
(2) Charles Haynes$65.00
(3) Daniel R. Turner$85.00
(k) Claim against the West Virginia Division of Banking:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1) Equifax Information Services LLC$989.01
(l) Claim against West Virginia University:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
Nicole Elizabeth Novak$62.54
The Legislature finds that the above moral obligations and the
appropriations made in satisfaction thereof shall be the full
compensation for all claimants and that prior to the payments to
any claimant provided in this bill, the Court of Claims shall
receive a release from said claimant releasing any and all claims
for moral obligations arising from the matters considered by the
Legislature in the finding of the moral obligations and the making
of the appropriations for said claimant. The Court of Claims shall
deliver all releases obtained from claimants to the department
against which the claim was allowed.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is for the Legislature to find
and declare the existence of a moral obligation to pay, with public
moneys, each of the claims herein against specified state agencies and the State of West Virginia, by the named claimants, payable
from the specified funds, and in the amounts of the awards made.
A second and separate bill (either supplementary
appropriation bill or a section of the budget bill) will actually
appropriate the moneys herein awarded and permit payment in current
fiscal year 2006 and through 2007.
The totals, as to type of funds and amounts of awards in the
bill, are:
(1) General Revenue Funds of $603,815.82
(2) Special Revenue Funds of$ 64,829.88
(3) State Road Funds of$144,108.53)
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