WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2018 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Joint Resolution 101
By Delegate Folk
[Introduced January 11, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Finance then to the Judiciary]
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia amending section one, article V thereof; and amending section fifty-one, article VI thereof, all relating to the authority of the Legislature with regard to the state budget; giving the Legislature the sole authority to determine what funds are necessary for the efficient and effective operation of the legislative, executive and judicial departments; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment.
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:
That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to the voters of the state at the next general election to be held in the year 2018, which proposed amendment is that section one, article V thereof; and section fifty-one, article VI thereof be amended to read as follows:
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