Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Tourism- Division of Culture and History from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance., the official text

WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

         2026 REGULAR SESSION

                   ENROLLED

           House Bill 5307

              BY DELEGATES HANSHAW (MR. SPEAKER),
                      HORNBUCKLE, AND G. HOWELL

                    (BY REQUEST OF THE EXECUTIVE)
        [Passed March 14, 2026; in effect from passage]
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1 AN ACT supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury

2  from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State

3  Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Tourism, fund 0293, fiscal year 2026,

4  organization 0304, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year

5  ending June 30, 2026, by adding a new item of appropriation.

1  WHEREAS, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature

2 on January 14, 2026, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth

3 therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2025, and further included the estimate of revenue for the

4 fiscal year 2026, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus

5 appropriations for the fiscal year 2026, and further included recommended expirations to the

6 unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue; and

7  WHEREAS, It appears from the Governor’s Statement of the State Fund, General

8 Revenue, there now remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the Treasury which is

9 available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; therefore

   Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

1  That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0293, fiscal

2 year 2026, organization 0304, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of

3 appropriation as follows:

4                            TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.

5  Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

6                            DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM

7                            45 - Division of Culture and History

8                            (W.V. Code Chapter 29)

9                            Fund 0293 FY 2026 Org 0304

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10                                                                Appro-      General
11                                                                priation    Revenue
12                                                                 67700
13 9a Capital Outlay, Repairs and Equipment – Surplus (R).......                  Fund
                                                                            10,000,000

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              The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate hereby

         certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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              Clerk of the House of Delegates
                           ...............................................................
                                        Clerk of the Senate

         Originated in the House of Delegates.
         In effect from passage.

                                       ...............................................................
                                          Speaker of the House of Delegates
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                                                                     President of the Senate
                                                        __________

              The within is ................................................ this the...........................................
         Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2026.

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                                                                                         Governor

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