CHARLESTON, WV (Hinton News) – Gov. Jim Justice has issued a proclamation calling for the West Virginia Legislature to convene in Special Session at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022.
The proclamation lists two items for the Legislature to consider and act upon.
The first is a bill establishing a “Certified Industrial Business Expansion Development Program,” within the Department of Economic Development, to encourage the continued development, construction, operation, maintenance, and expansion in West Virginia of high-impact industrial plants and facilities, in certain circumstances where the availability of electricity generated from renewable sources is demonstrated to be necessary.
The other item is a supplemental appropriations bill, capitalizing upon the state’s spectacularly strong revenues and investing in West Virginia’s transportation infrastructure by transferring $150 million to the Division of Highways for secondary road maintenance.
The special session will be held while lawmakers are gathered in Charleston for previously-scheduled September Interim Committee meetings.
