The Governor’s Call has arrived to convene the 78th Legislature to their 3rd Extraordinary Session of 2009.

There are seven items on the proclamation, including five appropriations bills, a bill relating to extending unemployment compensation funds as authorized by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and a bill ordering a one-time bonus be paid to certain full-time public employees.

Per the Governor’s call, the five appropriation bills include $5 million for the West Virginia Development Office Broadband Deployment Fund, $2.5 million for the Bureau of Senior Services, $34.7 million to fund a one-time bonus for certain full-time public employees, $169,000 for the Governor’s Office and a appropriation to pay for the expenses of the Extraordinary Session.

Session in both chambers convenes at 5:30pm.

Members of the House of Delegates met briefly at Noon to receive the Governor’s Call regarding the 2nd Special Session agenda.

Six bills were introduced relating to the appropriation of state funds. They are:

House Bill 201, which makes a supplementary appropriation of Lottery Net Profits to various education related accounts;
House Bill 202, which makes a supplementary appropriation from General Revenue to the state Department of Administration;
House Bill 203, which makes a supplementary appropriation of Lottery Net Profits to various state agency accounts;
House Bill 204, which supplements, amends and increases items from the State Road Fund to the state Department of Transportation;
House Bill 205, which makes a supplementary appropriation from General Revenue to the state Department of Education and Arts; and,
House Bill 206, which makes a supplementary appropriation from the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to the state Department of Education.

The bills were then referred to the House Finance Committee for their consideration.

The House Finance Committee will meet at 2:00 p.m. in Room 460 M.

The House is in recess until 6:00 p.m. later today.

Meanwhile, June Interim Meetings continue through the week.

Lawmakers who will be at the West Virginia State Captiol this coming week for monthly Interim Meetings starting on June 15th will also convene the Second Extraordinary Session of 2009.

The Legislature will convene the session at noon on Monday, June 15th, 2009. In total, there are 19 items on the Governor’s Call, all dealing with supplemental appropriations from the state budget..

The June Interim Schedule is also now available on-line. Also available are the Study Assignments covering the topics the various Interim Committees will examine.