Supplemental appropriation, Department of Tourism Revenue, the official text

WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

         2026 REGULAR SESSION

                   ENROLLED

           House Bill 5693

        BY DELEGATES CRISS, RILEY, HALL, AND MAZZOCCHI
        [Passed March 14, 2026; in effect from passage]
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1 AN ACT expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General

2   Revenue, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 in the amount of $4,534,268.43 from

3   the Department of Tourism – Office of the Secretary, fund 0246, fiscal year 2021,

4   organization 0304, appropriation 11601 and making a supplementary appropriation of

5   public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an

6   unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department

7   of Tourism – Division of Culture and History, fund 0293, fiscal year 2026, organization

8   0432, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June

9   30, 2026.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

1   That the balance of the funds available for expenditure in the fiscal year ending June 30,

2 2026, the Department of Tourism, fund 0246, fiscal year 2021, organization 0304, appropriation

3 11601, be decreased by expiring the amount of $4,534,268.43 to the unappropriated surplus

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4 balance of the State Fund, General Revenue to be available for appropriation during the fiscal

5 year ending June 30, 2026.

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

7 fiscal year 2026, organization 0432, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of

8 appropriation as follows:

                              TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.

   Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

                         DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM

                              45 – Division of Culture and History
                                     (W.V. Code Chapter 29)

                                 Fund 0293 FY 2026 Org 0432

   9a Capital Outlay and Maintenance – Surplus........................  Appro-          General
                                                                        priation       Revenue

                                                                         67700             Fund

                                                                                  4,534,268.43

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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
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                                        Clerk of the Senate

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

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                                          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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