The House Finance Committee met today and reported five bills to the House floor.
House Bill 2734 would authorize a method for the collection and remittance of property taxes related to dealers’ heavy equipment inventory. The bill was reported to the floor with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2709 would authorize the City of South Charleston to levy a special district excise tax. The bill was reported to the floor with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2805 would find and declare certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state. Most of the claims have been against the division of highways regarding potholes. The bill was reported to the floor of the House with the recommendation that it pass.
Delegate Rowe (D-Kanawha) said this is a well-run agency and he supports the bill.
House Bill 2871 would eliminate the mandated employer versus employee cost share of eighty percent employer, twenty percent employee for Public Employee Insurance Agency.
Ted Chitum, said the board can’t change this without the approval of the legislature and if they don’t change it, they have to lower employee benefits. This will especially help the board when they aren’t fully funded as it is a purely optional provision instead of the current mandated one.
The bill was reported to the floor with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2366 relates to selling the Jackie Withrow Hospital. The bill was amended and was reported to the floor with the recommendation that it pass.
