Members of the Legislature return to the Capital city tomorrow for this month’s interim meetings as well as for a special session. The Governor’s call came last week and will coincide with this month’s interim meetings.
Various agenda items have been placed on the Governor’s call including the administration of retirement benefits for professional police officers and professional firefighters. The proposed legislation would create a statewide professional police officer and professional firefighter retirement system and would also adopt a method of financing for existing professional police officers and firefighter pension debt.
Another agenda item would offer short-term relief to county school boards concerned about their retirees’ non-pension costs.
Also on the call is legislation that would allow local governments to issue development bonds under a provision of the federal stimulus, and also legislation that would set a range for a part of the state tax on motor fuels that would change annually with wholesale prices.
Military absentee voting, gubernatorial pardons, a recently adopted alternative energy credit and federal tax law changes are also agenda topics.
A resolution honoring U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd as the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history has also been placed on the call.
Interim meetings begin tomorrow morning and end Thursday. The complete November Interim Schedule is available online.
