SB190 S FIN AMT

Sutherland 7932

    The Committee on Finance moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

    Eng. Senate Bill No. 190--A Bill to amend and reenact §17-27-5 and §17-27-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to the funding of transportation public-private partnership projects and their corresponding comprehensive agreements; eliminating requirement that money from the State Road Fund only be used for public-private partnership projects where the money serves as a required match for federal funds specifically earmarked in a federal authorization or appropriation bill and does not exceed four percent of the immediate preceding three fiscal years’ average of the Division of Highway’s construction contracts awarded under the competitive bid process; allowing public-private partnership projects to use money from the State Road Fund when the projects are in excess of $20 million, constructed by the Division of Highways and contained in its six-year plan; providing that any earnings in excess of maximum rate of return that is negotiated in comprehensive agreements be deposited in the State Road Fund; providing a sunset provision prohibiting comprehensive agreements for public-private partnership projects after June 30, 2017; eliminating the requirement that a comprehensive agreement for public-private partnership projects be approved by concurrent resolution of the Legislature and be submitted to the Governor for his or her approval or disapproval before the Division of Highways enters into the comprehensive agreement; and mandating that the Division of Highways provide a copy of any comprehensive agreement to the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Government and Finance at least thirty days prior to said agreement being executed by the Division of Highways for a public-private partnership project.

Adopted

Rejected