WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 2577

By Delegates Linville, Cannon, Householder, Criss, W. Hall, Chiarelli, and Phillips

[Introduced January 16, 2023; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §12-3-21, relating to establishing the revocation of authority for spending by an agency in support of a challenge to West Virginia law.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 3.  LIMITATIONS ON AGENCY SPENDING.

§12-3-21. Limitation on agencies’ use of funding

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, there is no spending authority for any political subdivision or state agency for the purposes of challenging a West Virginia state law.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit spending authority for money used by an agency in support of a challenge to WV law.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.