WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2021 THIRD EXTRAORDINARY session

Introduced

House Bill 333

By Delegates Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff
(By Request of the Executive)

[Introduced October 11, 2021; Referred to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §51-1-23, relating to the creation and use of a Court Facilities Maintenance Fund.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 1. SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS.

§51-1-23 Court Facilities Maintenance Fund created.

(a) There is created within the State Treasury a special revenue fund designated the Court Facilities Maintenance Fund to be administered by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.

(b) The fund shall consist of moneys received from rent or other payments from tenants leasing space owned by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

(c) All moneys deposited into the State Treasury and credited to the Court Facilities Maintenance Fund shall be used to offset the cost to maintain property owned by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

(d) All moneys collected by the administrator of the Supreme Court of Appeals from rent or other payments from tenants leasing space owned by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia shall be deposited into the Court Facilities Maintenance Fund. Expenditures from the fund shall be for the purposes set forth in subsection (c) of this section and are not authorized from collections but are to be made only in accordance with appropriation by the Legislature in accordance with §12-3-1 et seq. of this code and upon fulfillment of the requirements of §11B-2-1 et seq. of this code.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to establish a dedicated fund for the deposit of rents received from tenants of properties owned by the Supreme Court of Appeals and to apply fund money to the maintenance of Supreme Court facilities.

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