Tonight, the work of the 1st Special Session of the 80th Legislature was completed and both the House and Senate adjourned Sine Die.
A total of nine bills completed legislative action including, House Bill 106, which reapportions the House of Delegates districts, Senate Bill 1006, which reapportions the state senatorial districts, and Senate Bill 1008, which reapportions the congressional districts.
Also completing legislative action was Senate Bill 1001, which reduces consumers sales and service tax on food and food ingredients, Senate Bill 1002,which allocates a portion of the coal severance tax to the county from which the coal was mined, and Senate Bill 1003, which clarifies the requirement for deposit and transfer of higher education proceeds from real property.
Three supplemental appropriation bills were also passed during the special session. They were Senate Bill 1004, which makes supplementary appropriations of unappropriated moneys to various accounts, Senate Bill 1005, which supplements,amends and increases appropriations to Department of Transportation, and Senate Bill 1007, which makes a supplementary appropriation of unappropriated moneys to Secretary of State.
All bills passed by the Legislature now goes to the Governor’s Office for further approval.
