West Virginia

The purpose of this bill is to provide county boards of education with the option of seeking insurance coverage from licensed insurance carriers, in addition to the State Board of Risk and Insurance Management.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify the experience requirements of water and wastewater operators.

The purpose of this bill is to increase permissible expenditures by the Water Development Authority from the Infrastructure Fund; modify the upper limit of funds which may be transferred to sub account; raising the cap on total project costs for certain facilities for use of Critical Needs and Failing Systems Sub Account funding; and allow the authority to grant infrastructure grant money from the Critical Needs and Failing Systems Sub Account to certain projects for the upgrading of a water facility or wastewater facility to reduce maintenance costs, operations costs, or waterline leakages.

The purpose of this bill is to direct money from the Division of Economic Development and the Water Development Authority to county commissions and the West Virginia Division of Highways.

The purpose of this bill is to provide work requirements to receive certain benefits and prevent illegal aliens from receiving food stamps or Medicaid.

The purpose of this bill is to create a crime of disposing or attempting to dispose of property to another party with the intention of preventing liability from the payment of debts, fines, or other fees without the knowledge or acceptance of that property by another party.

The purpose of this bill is to remove the provisions that transformers do not apply to above ground storage tanks.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify where legal actions involving the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission shall be filed.

The purpose of this bill is to adjust the requirements for a private wedding venue or barn for purposes of certain liquor licenses for events.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit persons convicted of felony terroristic threats under §61-6-24 of this code involving schools or children from residing within 1,000 feet of an educational facility, consistent with existing residency restrictions for certain sex offenders under §62-12-26 of this code, to enhance public safety and prevent unsafe proximity to child-populated locations post-conviction.

The purpose of this bill is to establish a 90-day time limit for a child involved in an active truancy or pre-petition process to withdraw for homeschooling.

The purpose of this resolution is to amend the state Constitution to give the people the powers of initiative and referendum. The resolution sets forth its scope, limitations, and exceptions.

The purpose of this bill is to establish the Last-Mile Broadband for Coalfield Counties Act to provide for coalfield broadband expansion.

The purpose of this bill is to establish the Adopt-A-Road program.

The purpose of this bill is to create the Coalfield Career Pipeline Program.

The purpose of this bill is to permit women's wrestling in public high schools and public charter schools as a sanctioned sporting event in this state.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify the oversight by the Attorney General of a political subdivision's hiring of a private attorney under a contingency fee legal arrangement or contract to sue.

The purpose of this bill relates generally to the composition of the Hope Scholarship Board.

The purpose of this bill is to specify requirements for the development of an accurate cost estimation model for the costs of child care in West Virginia, with consideration for program types, age of children served, geographic region, and other factors affecting the delivery of quality child care.

The purpose of this bill is to allow the children and grandchildren of a landowner in West Virginia to hunt and fish on such private land regardless of residency status without a permit or license, hunt and fish on their own land during open seasons in accordance with laws and rules so long as a valid photo ID is produced.

The purpose of this bill is to require a West Virginia issued driver's license to contain language indicating that the license is authorized for all ID purposes.

This bill authorizes optional use of countywide voting centers on election day and establishes related notice, administrative, and rulemaking provisions.

The purpose of this bill is to create the State Utility Accountability and Improvement Program to proactively identify and assist struggling water and wastewater utilities; establish the State Utility Management Corps within the Water Development Authority; provide for expedited Public Service Commission proceedings through a Priority Utility Docket; establish a rate case appeal mechanism for conservator utilities; create a clear tier reclassification and de-escalation pathway; provide for phased program implementation; expand the Distressed Utilities Account from $5 million to $15 million; coordinate annual utility assessments between the team and the commission; clarify the relationship between conservatorship and existing receivership authority; protect existing bond covenants during conservatorship; require training for public service district board members; authorize the Water Development Authority to house and support the team; establish transparency and accountability requirements; and declare an emergency.