HB2444 H SB AMT 2-5

            The Committee on Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development moves to amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

            H. B. 2444–A BILL to amend and reenact the §5B-2-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing assistance to small businesses; requiring the West Virginia Development Office to assign economic development office representatives to serve as Small Business Allies; identifying duties and services to be provided to small businesses and individuals desiring to establish and operate small businesses; requiring that the director of the West Virginia Development Office report biennially and offer recommendations for reducing the burdens imposed on small businesses; and further identifying the report’s contents.