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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Enrolled
Senate Bill 726
BY SENATORS BARNHART, WOODRUM, AND DEEDS
[Passed March 12, 2026; in effect 90 days from
passage (June 10, 2026)]
Enr SB 726
1 AN ACT to amend and reenact §8-37-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating
2 to removing the 30 percent cap on municipal stabilization funds.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 37. MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL STABILIZATION FUND ACT.
§8-37-3. Budget stabilization fund; creation; appropriation.
1 (a) A municipality may create a financial stabilization fund by a majority vote of its
2 governing body. The fund may receive appropriations, gifts, grants, and any other funds made
3 available.
4 (b) The governing body may appropriate a sum to the fund from any surplus in the General
5 Fund at the end of each fiscal year or from any other money available.
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Enr SB 726
The Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates hereby
certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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Clerk of the Senate
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Clerk of the House of Delegates
Originated in the Senate.
In effect 90 days from passage.
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President of the Senate
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Speaker of the House of Delegates
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The within is ................................................ this the...........................................
Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2026.
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Governor
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