The Senate Finance Committee met this morning to report four bills.
House Bill 2603 relates to municipal policemen or firemen pension and relief funds that are funded at one hundred and twenty-five percent or more. 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. $1,885,000 was found by the subcommittee on the bill to be the moral obligation of the State to pay to the certain cases that the Court of Claims found to be legitimate. The bill was reported to the floor as amended with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2961 relates generally to charitable bingo games and charitable raffles. The bill was reported to the floor with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 3048 relates to the collection of Tier II fees for chemical inventories. 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 moved to the beginning of the agenda in the meeting this afternoon.
