West Virginia House Bill 2194 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-13 - To House Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to eliminate local participation in funding school construction projects and the associated limited funding reserve. The bill eliminates certain regional planning activities when evaluating proposed construction projects. The bill eliminates the requirement of a county board=s efforts in school bond issues being a consideration when evaluating proposed projects. The bill eliminates the requirement that counties receive explanations detailing the authority=s decision concerning the funding of projects. The bill also declares certain documents related to funding consideration to be public documents and available to the public upon request. The bill requires that funds awarded by the School Building Authority must be consistent with the evaluation report of the School Building Authority. Strike‑throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

Relating to the School Building Authority

Del. Marty Gearheart [R]

Sen. Randy Smith [R]

Del. Erikka Storch [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-13	House	To House Education
2016-01-13	House	Introduced in House
2016-01-13	House	To Education then Finance
2016-01-13	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	9D	15	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	9D	16	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2194&year=2016&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2194%20intr.htm&yr=2016&sesstype=RS&i=2194