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Friday, March 14, 2008
SIXTY-SIXTH DAY
[Mr. Speaker, Mr. Thompson, in the Chair]


The House of Delegates met at 4:00 p.m., and was called to order by the Honorable Richard Thompson, Speaker.
Prayer was offered and the House was led in recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of Thursday, March 13, 2008, being the first order of business, when the further reading thereof was dispensed with and the same approved.
Committee Reports
Chairman Doyle, from the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, submitted the following report, which was received:
Your Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills has examined, found truly enrolled and, on the 13th day of March, 2008, presented to His Excellency, the Governor, for his action, the following bills, signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates:
(H. B. 4016), Updating meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act,
(H. B. 4017), Updating meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act,
(H. B. 4018), Renewing the West Virginia Small Business Linked Deposit Program,
(H. B. 4715), Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Transportation,
(S. B. 323), Relating to stormwater systems generally,
And,
(S. B. 736), Relating to real property sales of persons under legal disability
Chairman Doyle, from the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, submitted the following report, which was received:
Your Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills has examined, found truly enrolled, and on the 14^th day of March, 2008, presented to His Excellency, the Governor, for his action, the following bills, signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates:
(Com. Sub. for S. B. 13), Relating to Dental Practice Act generally.
(Com. Sub. for S. B. 88), Creating brownfield economic development districts.
(Com. Sub. for S. B. 185), Clarifying mental conditions which prohibit firearms' possession and creating state registry of such persons.
(S. B. 217), Reducing compliance time for nonresident traffic violations.
(Com. Sub. for S. B. 234), Creating Maternal Mortality Review Team.
(S. B. 263), Updating certain code provisions relating to Division of Corrections .
(Com. Sub. for S. B. 286), Providing adult and child protective services workers personal immunity from civil liability.
(S. B. 317), Updating physician and podiatrist licensing requirements.
(Com. Sub. for S. B. 325), Relating to state employee deferred compensation plan.
(Com. Sub. for S. B. 477), Increasing conservation officers' salaries and length of service.
(Com. Sub. for S. B. 501), Transferring Stream Partners Fund from Division of Natural Resources to Department of Environmental Protection.
And,
(Com. Sub. for S. B. 634), Creating Military Authority Act.
Messages from the Executive
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Thompson, presented a communication from His Excellency, the Governor, advising that on March 12, 2008, he approved Com. Sub. for H. B. 4355, Com. Sub. for H. B. 4418, H. B. 4490, H. B. 4677, H. B. 4478, Com. Sub. for H. B. 4500, H. B. 4676 and Com. Sub. for S. B. 145; and on March 13, 2008, he approved Com. Sub. for H. B. 2881, Com. Sub. for H. B. 4028, H. B. 4069, Com. Sub. for H. B. 4099, Com. Sub. for H. B. 4124, Com. Sub. for H. B. 4137, Com. Sub. for H. B. 4206, H. B. 4464, H. B. 4512, H. B. 4712, H. B. 4713, H. B. 4714 and Com. Sub. for S. B. 704.
The Speaker laid before the House of Delegates a Proclamation of His Excellency, the Governor, amending his original Proclamations issued on the 5th and 11th days of March, which supplemental Proclamation was read by the Clerk as follows:
State of West Virginia
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Charleston

A P R O C L A M A T I O N
By the Governor
Whereas, Article VI, Section 22 of the Constitution of West Virginia provides that the regular session of the Legislature shall not exceed sixty calendar days computed from and including the second Wednesday of January; and
Whereas, Subsection D(8), Article VI, Section 51 of the Constitution of West Virginia requires the Governor to issue a proclamation to extend the regular session of the Legislature if the Budget Bill shall not have been fully acted upon by the Legislature three days before the expiration of its regular session; and
Whereas, Proclamations were issued on March 5, 2008, extending the 2008 regular session of the Legislature through Tuesday, March 11, 2008, and on March 11, 2008, amending the Proclamation of March 5, 2008 by extending the 2008 regular session of the Legislature through Friday, March 14, 2008.
Now, Therefore, I, Joe Manchin III, Governor of the State of West Virginia, do hereby issue this Proclamation, in accordance with Article VI, Section 51, Subsection D(8) of the Constitution of West Virginia, amending the Proclamation of March 5, 2008 and March 11, 2008, by extending this regular session of the state Legislature for consideration of the Budget Bill for an additional period not to exceed two days, through Sunday, March 16, 2008, but no matters other than the Budget Bill and a provision for the cost of said extended session shall be considered during this extension of the session.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of West Virginia to be affixed.

(Great Seal)

DONE at the Capitol in the City of Charleston, State of West Virginia, on this the fourteenth day March, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand Eight, and in the One Hundred Forty- Fifth year of the State. JOE MANCHIN, III Governor.

By the Governor:
Betty Ireland
Secretary of State.
Leaves of Absence
At the request of Delegate DeLong, and by unanimous consent, leaves of absence for the day were granted Delegates Cann, DeLong, Frederick, Hutchins, Manchin, Michael, Miley, Schadler, Shook, Staggers and Stalnaker.
At 4:20 p.m., the House of Delegates adjourned until 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 15, 2008.