Supplemental appropriation for Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105, the official text

WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

         2026 REGULAR SESSION

                     Enrolled

           Senate Bill 781

                           BY SENATOR BARRETT
        [Passed March 10, 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 $23,983,793 from the

3  Governor’s Office – Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105, fiscal year 2024, organization 0100,

4  appropriation 85700 and making a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of

5  the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance

6  in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Higher Education Policy Commission –

7  Administration – Control Account, fund 0589, fiscal year 2026, organization 0441, by

8  supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

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

2 2026, in the Governor’s Contingent Fund, fund 0105, fiscal year 2024, organization 0100,

3 appropriation 85700, be decreased by expiring the amount of $23,983,793 to the unappropriated

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

5 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

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6   And, That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0589,

7 fiscal year 2026, organization 0441, be supplemented and amended by creating a new item of

8 appropriation as follows:

9                            TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.

10  Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

11              HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY COMMISSION

12                           139 – Higher Education Policy Commission –

13                           Administration –

14                           Control Account

15                           (WV Code Chapter 18B and 18C)

16                           Fund 0589 FY 2026 Org 0441

17

18                                                                               General
                                                                                Revenue
19                                                          Appro-
                                                                                    Fund
20                                                          priation
                                                                              38,983,793
21 6a Institutional Deferred Maintenance - Surplus (R) ............... xxxxx

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              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
                           ...............................................................
                               Clerk of the House of Delegates

         Originated in the Senate.
         In effect from passage.

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

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

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                                                                                         Governor

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