(a) The Governor shall consider for inclusion in the appropriate account the budget request of the policy commission for the eminent scholars program.

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Terms Used In West Virginia Code 18B-18-7

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • commission: means the commission created by §. See West Virginia Code 18B-1-2

(b) Whether or not the Governor includes the budget request of the policy commission as described in subsection (a) of this section, the Legislature may include an appropriation in the appropriate account.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any specific level of funding by the Legislature.