WEST virginia legislature
2025 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 3152
By Delegates Criss and Riley
[Introduced March 05, 2025; referred to the Committee on Finance]
A BILL finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state; and directing the Auditor to issue warrants for the payment thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
The Legislature has considered the findings of fact and recommendations reported to it by the Legislative Claims Commission concerning various claims against the state and agencies thereof and, in respect to each of the following claims, the Legislature adopts those findings of fact as its own and in respect of the claims herein, the Legislature has independently made findings of fact and determinations of award and hereby declares it to be the moral obligation of the state to pay each such claim in the amount specified below and directs the Auditor to issue warrants for the payment thereof out of any fund appropriated and available for the purpose.
(a)Claim against the Department of Health, Bureau for Public Health:
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(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1)Progressive Electric, Inc…………………………………………………..$523,283.50
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(TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(g)Claims against Department of Administration, Office of Technology:
(TO BE PAID FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUND)
(1)Ricoh USA, Inc.$121,010.48
(2)Ricoh USA, Inc.$78,642.30
(TO BE PAID FROM THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND)
(1)West Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Facilities……………………$4,467.35
The Legislature finds that the above moral obligations and the appropriations made in satisfaction thereof shall be the full compensation for all claimants and that prior to the payments to any claimant provided in this bill, the Legislative Claims Commission shall receive a release from said claimant releasing any and all claims for moral obligations arising from the matters considered by the Legislature in the finding of the moral obligations and the making of the appropriations for said claimant. The Legislative Claims Commission shall deliver all releases obtained from claimants to the department against which the claim was allowed.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to declare certain claims against the state to be moral obligations of the state and to authorize payments therefor from the following funds:
GENERAL REVENUE FUND:$926,461.63
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS:$199,652.78
STATE ROAD FUND: $620,932.59
TOTAL: $1,747,047.00