Rep. Roy Cooper
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Making it a criminal offense to disturb the peace [HB-2535]
Making it a criminal offense to disturb the peace
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Permitting a person to practice certain professions for limited time for a charitable function [HB-2540]
The purpose of this bill is to permit a person to practice his or her profession for seven days for a charitable function.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to disability pensions of municipal employees [HB-2537]
The purpose of this bill is to increase amount of income that may be earned by a person receiving a municipal disability pension before an offset of benefits is required. The bill also provides an automatic increase to that limit when the minimum wage increases.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to tuition and fees at community and technical colleges [HB-2557]
The purpose of this bill is to set forth guidelines for increases of tuition and fees at community and technical colleges.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Creating the felony offense of conspiracy to commit violations of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act [HB-2541]
The purpose of this bill is to create a criminal offense to hold all participants involved in a conspiracy to violate the drug laws responsible. The bill establishes sentences based upon quantities for certain controlled substances, and allows all substances possessed or delivered among the members of the conspiracy to be attributed to a defendant.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to public school support [HB-2561]
The purpose of this bill is to create additional flexibility for school systems in the use of school aid funds. The bill moves the basis for calculation the foundation allowances for professional educators and service personnel to an authorized positions ratio, rather than the number employed subject to a limiting ratio. Necessary related adjustments for professional instructional personnel are made and issues raised by the Legislative Auditor are addressed. For funding purposes only, the Treasurer and Director of Child Nutrition are made fundable
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Middle School Technical Education Program Act [HB-2574]
The purpose of this bill is to create a special pilot program to introduce middle school students to career and technical education opportunities in the State of West Virginia and to better prepare students for post-secondary education and participation in the workforce.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Developing a resource for use by parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s expressive and receptive language acquisition [HB-2571]
The purpose of this bill is to require the State Department of Education and the Schools for the Deaf and the Blind to jointly select language developmental milestones from existing standardized norms for purposes of developing a resource for use by parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s expressive and receptive language acquisition and developmental stages toward English literacy.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation [HB-2641]
The purpose of this bill is to treat natural resources police like all other law- enforcement and exempt them from state income tax.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Small Business Tax Credit [HB-2591]
The purpose of this bill is to provide a temporary tax credit for small group employers to cover a tax credit of up to fifty percent of the costs of branding, marketing and advertising of agricultural or manufactured products produced or manufactured in West Virginia. The bill establishes limits. The bill provides that the credit be available for five years. These sections have been completely rewritten; therefore, they have been completely underscored.