West Virginia House Bill 4292 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-24 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

 The purpose of this bill is to discontinue the West Virginia Racing Commission special account known as the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund; to transfer all moneys in the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund to the state Excess Lottery Revenue Fund for appropriation by the Legislature; to require that all moneys previously required to be directed to the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund be redirected to the state Excess Lottery Revenue Fund for appropriation by the Legislature; requiring that upon transfer of moneys from the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund to the state Excess Lottery Revenue Fund, a certain amount be withheld and deposited in the special account known as the “administration, promotion, education, capital improvement and greyhound adoption programs to include spaying and neutering account;” to require that all moneys previously required to be directed into any fund or paid for the purpose of funding purses, awards or provide any other funding for greyhound races be redirected to the state Excess Lottery Revenue Fund for appropriation by the Legislature; to eliminate the requirement that an applicant for a dog racing license race a minimum number of dates to qualify for such license; to eliminate the requirement that an applicant for a dog racing license race a minimum number of dates to or to contract to receive telecasts and accept wagers; to eliminate the requirement that a video lottery licensee at a dog track must hold a racing license to renew a video lottery license or racetrack table games license; to eliminate the requirement, for a video lottery licensee at a dog track, that operational video lottery must be located in the same building or structure as a racetrack and area where pari-mutuel wagering is permitted; to eliminate the requirement that an applicant for a video lottery license or license renewal at a dog track must provide evidence of the existence of an agreement regarding proceeds from lottery terminals with certain parties; to eliminate the requirement that an applicant for a racetrack table games license at a dog track must race a certain number of days to qualify for such license; and to eliminate the requirement that a video lottery licensee at a dog track must hold a racing license to conduct simulcast racing.

Discontinuing the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund

Del. Cindy Frich [R]	Del. Jim Butler [R]	Del. Kayla Kessinger [R]	Del. John Overington [R]
Del. Tom Fast [R]	Del. Geoff Foster [R]	Del. Joshua Higginbotham [R]	Del. Jason Harshbarger [R]
Del. Frank Deem [R]	Del. Kelli Sobonya [R]	Del. Ray Hollen [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-24	House	To House Judiciary
2018-01-24	House	Introduced in House
2018-01-24	House	To Judiciary then Finance
2018-01-24	House	Filed for introduction

SB274 (Similar To) 2018-01-15 - To Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	23	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	23	10a	New Code	See Bill Text
19	23	12b	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	23	13	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	23	13c	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	23	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	23	7	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22	18a	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22A	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22A	10b	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22A	10d	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22A	10e	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22A	12	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22A	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22A	7	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22C	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22C	27	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22C	27a	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22C	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
29	22C	8	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4292&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4292%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4292