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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 37

(By Senators Snyder, Unger and Browning)




Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to study the Division of Highways' county highway formula and determine a better means for allocating resources and moneys to the vastly different areas throughout the state.

Whereas, The Division of Highways currently allocates its resources and money according to the county highway formula, which is calculated based on miles per lane of road receiving snow removal and ice control treatment; and
Whereas, The Legislature of West Virginia is mindful of the financial constraints the Division of Highways faces on a yearly basis and how those constraints are exacerbated in years of extreme weather; and
Whereas, The current economy and recent laws have decreased the fuel tax, vehicle registration and other licensing fees which have depleted the Division of Highways budget even further; and
Whereas, The oversight, hard work and management by everyone at the Division of Highways has helped to improve the roads and highways in the State of West Virginia; and
Whereas, All fifty-five counties deserve an adequate level of service which may be better served by a new formula that is based on more than lanes per mile of road; and
Whereas, A better indicator of where the Division of Highways should allocate its physical resources and money would be to add factors which should include, but not be limited to, traffic and truck counts, elevation and geology of the soil; and
Whereas, The Division of Highways funding is diminishing and new revenue sources are required to continue to maintain roadway and bridge design, construction and maintenance; and
Whereas, A new county highway formula would facilitate an adequate level of service to all counties in the state; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby requested to study the Division of Highways' funding sources in addition to the county highway formula and determine a better means for allocating resources and moneys to the vastly different areas throughout the state.
Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2011, on its findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
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