WEST virginia legislature

2024 second Extraordinary session

Enrolled

Senate Bill 2009

By Senators Blair (Mr. President) and Woelfel

(By Request of the Executive)

[Passed October 7, 2024; in effect from passage]

AN ACT supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Administration, Public Employees Insurance Agency, fund 0200, fiscal year 2025, organization 0225, by supplementing and amending Chapter 11, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 2024, known as the budget bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

WHEREAS, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature on January 10, 2024, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2023, and further included the estimate of revenue for the fiscal year 2024, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus appropriations for the fiscal year 2024, and further included recommended expirations to the unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue; and

WHEREAS, The Governor submitted to the Legislature an Executive Message dated May 19, 2024, which included a revised estimate of revenues for the State Fund, General Revenue, and recommended supplementary appropriations for the fiscal year 2024; and

WHEREAS, The Governor submitted to the Legislature an Executive Message dated September 30, 2024, which included a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2024, and further included the estimate of revenue for the fiscal year 2025, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus appropriations for the fiscal year 2025; and

WHEREAS, It appears from the Executive Message, Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, there remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Treasury which is available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; therefore

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That Chapter 11, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session, 2024, known as the budget bill to fund 0200, fiscal year 2025, organization 0225, be supplemented and amended to insert a new item of appropriation as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

 Department of Administration

29A - Public Employees Insurance Agency

(W.V. Code Chapter 5)

Fund 0200 FY 2025 Org 0225

General

Appro- Revenue

priation Fund

1   PEIA Subsidy – Surplus XXXXX $ 87,000,000

2 The Division of Highways, Division of Motor Vehicles, Public Service Commission and

3 other departments, bureaus, divisions, or commissions operating from special revenue funds 4 and/or federal funds shall pay their proportionate share of the public employees health

5 insurance cost for their respective divisions.

6 The above appropriation for PEIA Subsidy – Surplus (fund 0200, appropriation XXXXX) 7 may be transferred to a special revenue fund and shall be utilized by the West Virginia

8 Public Employees Insurance Agency for the purposes of offsetting benefit changes to offset 9 the aggregate premium cost-sharing percentage requirements between employers and

10 employees. Such amount shall not be included in the calculation of the plan year aggregate 11 premium cost-sharing percentages between employers and employees.