Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions [HB-2144]
The purpose of this bill is to insure that closure or transfer of any publicly-funded higher education institution be preapproved by the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability (LOCEA); to require both an economic and educational study to be presented to the LOCEA before it may be closed or transferred; and to keep WVU-Tech in its current location in Montgomery. The bill makes clear that WVU-Tech may not be closed or transferred without LOCEA approval.
HB-2144: Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Fast
Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017
HB-2139: Providing an exemption from regulation by the Public Service Commission for motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of roll-off solid waste containers
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Fast
Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017
You have voted HB-2139: Providing an exemption from regulation by the Public Service Commission for motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of roll-off solid waste containers.
Relating to gasoline and fuel excise tax [HB-2304]
The purpose of this bill is to require a refund of gasoline or fuel excise tax when fuel is consumed by a commercial vehicle while that vehicle is not operated upon the highways of this state.
HB-2304: Relating to gasoline and fuel excise tax
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Fast
Filed For Introduction on 02/09/2017
Relating to the death penalty for first degree murder [HB-2408]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for a death penalty and procedures and standards applicable thereto, and automatic review of the penalty, for commission of murder in the first degree. Procedures for carrying out the death sentence are established.
HB-2408: Relating to the death penalty for first degree murder
Sponsored by: Sen. Rupert Phillips
Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2017
Relating to Public Defender Services [HB-2411]
 The purpose of this bill is to increase the hourly rate for attorneys providing Public Defender Services for in court and out of court work. The bill permits attorneys who spend at least 1200 hours per year on court appointed cases to enroll in the Public Employees Insurance Agency plans and requires the Executive Director of the Public Defender Services to propose rules, for legislative approval, that relate to requirements to enroll in the public employees insurance act.
HB-2411: Relating to Public Defender Services
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Fast
Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2017
Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed [HB-2403]
The purpose of this bill is to permit county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed in a later instructional term when inclement weather and emergencies prevent the otherwise full instructional term from being completed. The bill establishes an instructional day to be three hundred thirty minutes.
HB-2403: Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Baldwin
Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2017