Gov. Jim Justice held a signing ceremony for four bills passed by the West Virginia Legislature.
The first bill was HB 2024, the $4.874 billion Fiscal Year 2024 budget that was passed by the West Virginia Legislature.
“I thank Speaker Hanshaw, President Blair and all of the Legislators upstairs, because they did good work,” Gov. Justice said. “I especially thank my cabinet and my team for their hard work. This is an incredible day. We have really looked after the store. We have not frivolously thrown away money and this outcome is really, really good.”Some of the surplus items included in the Budget Bill:
- Posey Perry Emergency Food Bank Fund - $10 million
- Communities In Schools - $5 million
- Tourism - $67 million
- School Building Authority - $40 million
- Governor’s Nursing Workforce Expansion Program - $20 million
- Jobs and Hope - $1.6 million
- EMS WV: Answer the Call program - $10 million
- WV Land Stewardship Corporation for Dilapidated Structures - $1.5 million
- WV Schools for the Deaf and Blind - $500,000 for Fire Truck with boom
- Income Tax Reserve Fund - $400 million
- New Consolidated State Lab - $125 million
- WV School of Osteopathic Medicine - $29 million
- WVU National Cancer Institute - $50 million
- Deferred maintenance, jails and colleges - $282 million
