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WV HB2693

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Pat McGeehan

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a new "Division of Personnel Vacant Position Fund" in the State Treasury to hold appropriations for vacant state employee positions, requiring agencies to transfer unused salary funds for vacant positions into this special account

  • Requires the State Budget Office to transfer funds back to spending units when vacant positions are filled, and mandates agencies return personal service funds to the special account upon positions becoming vacant

  • Allows temporary transfer of vacant position funds to meet spending unit needs during declared states of emergency, with remaining balances returned to the special fund once the emergency ends

  • Mandates annual reporting to the Joint Committees on Finance and Government detailing vacancy numbers by spending unit, unused appropriation amounts, how funds were used if not for salaries, and vacancy duration for each position

  • Transfers any remaining balance in the vacant position fund at the end of each fiscal year to the Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund

Legislative Description

Relating to the management of personal service appropriations for vacant positions

State Personnel

Last Action

To House Government Organization

2/28/2025

Committee Referrals

Government Organization2/28/2025
Government Administration2/20/2025
Government Organization2/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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