Gov. Jim Justice held a signing rite these days for 4 payments handed via way of means of the West Virginia Legislature.
The first invoice changed into HB 2024, the $4.874 billion Fiscal Year 2024 finances that changed into handed via way of means of the West Virginia Legislature.
“I thank Speaker Hanshaw, President Blair and all the Legislators upstairs, due to the fact they did right work,” Gov. Justice said. “I mainly thank my cupboard and my group for his or her tough work. This is an splendid day. We have actually taken care of the store. We have now no longer flippantly thrown away cash and this final results is actually, actually right.”

Some of the excess objects covered withinside the Budget Bill:

• Posey Perry Emergency Food Bank Fund – $10 million
• Communities In Schools – $five million
• Tourism – $sixty seven million
• School Building Authority – $forty 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.five million
• WV Schools for the Deaf and Blind – $500,000 for Fire Truck with boom
• Income Tax Reserve Fund – $four hundred million
• New Consolidated State Lab – $a hundred twenty five million
• WV School of Osteopathic Medicine – $29 million
• WVU National Cancer Institute – $50 million
• Deferred maintenance, jails and colleges – $282 million

The 2nd invoice, SB 423, will increase the profits for kingdom personnel for a fourth 12 months due to the fact that Gov. Justice took office. The pay enhance applies to all kingdom personnel, teachers, provider personnel, and the West Virginia State Police. This invoice handed unanimously in each chambers.

“You bear in mind manner again while we did a five% pay enhance? It changed into the most important pay enhance percentage-smart withinside the records of the kingdom,” Gov. Justice said. “We`ve performed 4 of them now, and I desire to goodness earlier than I’m gone, we will be capable of do one greater due to the fact I recognize the process you do. I recognize what you do. I recognize how tough you figure each day.”
The 0.33 invoice, SB 268, units the minimal compensation fee for PEIA to 110% of Medicare`s compensation rates, and units price-sharing at 20% for in-kingdom advantages and 30% for out-of-kingdom advantages. Furthermore, the invoice calls for PEIA to go back to 80/20 price sharing among employers and personnel via way of means of July 1, 2023.

“This is a everlasting repair for some thing that we commenced for an extended time,” Gov. Justice said. “We may want to have persevered to hold kicking the can down the road. But this stops that. This is transferring withinside the proper direction. You have the warranty that while you move domestic at night, you might not ought to rely on the desire of getting surpluses. This fixes it, and this doesn`t move away.”
The fourth invoice Gov. Justice signed, HB 3307, establishes the West Virginia-Ireland Trade Commission to increase trade, investments, educational exchanges, and different topics as decided via way of means of the commission.

The invoice takes impact these days, March 17, St. Patrick`s Day, and changed into signed via way of means of the Governor and Legislature with a inexperienced ink pen.

“This is one leap forward to running with Ireland and, of all places, West Virginia,” Gov. Justice said. “This will permit us to power increasingly commercial enterprise and traffic from side to side among us. This is actually, actually right stuff.”