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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 12. Public Moneys and Securities » Article 4. Accounts, Reports, and General Provisions

§12-4-1. Biennial Reports

All reports, settlements, accounts and statements which are now, or that hereafter may be required by law, shall be kept and made to conform to the fiscal year. As soon as practicable after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, each of the officers or boards now or hereafter required by law to compile a biennial […]

§12-4-10. State Not Preferred as to Unsecured Claim

On and after February 1, 1933, the state shall not, by virtue of prerogative or any other right, have any priority or preference of any claim or demand in its favor which is not made a lien and given such priority and preference by statute, over any other unsecured or common creditor of any person, […]

§12-4-11. Exceptional Items Fund

(a) There is hereby created in the Treasurer's Office a special fund known as the "exceptional items fund" to be administered by the treasurer pursuant to the provisions of this section and rules and regulations established thereunder. (b) The treasurer is authorized to make transfers to and from the exceptional items fund for the purpose […]

§12-4-14. West Virginia Grant Transparency and Accountability Act; Accountability of Grantees Receiving State Funds or Grants, Procedures, Reporting, Auditing, Investigations, and Recovery; Sworn Statements by Volunteer Fire Departments; Rule Making, Criminal Penalties

(a) This section may be cited as The West Virginia Grant Transparency and Accountability Act. The West Virginia Grant Transparency and Accountability Act is intended to develop a coordinated, nonredundant process for the effective oversight and monitoring of grant recipients, thereby ensuring quality programs and limiting fraud, waste, and abuse. (b) For the purposes of […]

§12-4-14b. Accountability of Volunteer and Part-Volunteer Fire Companies or Departments Receiving State Funds for Equipment and Training; Review or Audit of Expenditures; Withholding of State Funds for Delinquency or Misuse; Notifications

(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this section: “Equipment and training grant” means a grant of money to a volunteer fire company or a part-volunteer fire department from the Fire Service Equipment and Training Fund created in 29-3-5f of this code; “Formula distribution” means a distribution of money to volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies or […]

§12-4-15. Bank at School

(a) The State Treasurer may conduct a program in West Virginia public schools to educate students about banking activities and to encourage savings. Banking institutions under the jurisdiction of the West Virginia commissioner of banking may participate in the program by assisting the treasurer in developing and producing materials for use in the schools, opening […]

§12-4-16. Transfer of Specified Excess Funds

(a) The treasurer has authority to monitor all state funds and accounts created by the Legislature. The treasurer shall transfer, using the state's accounting system, the appropriate amount of excess funds whenever the Legislature has: (1) Created a fund or account and provided that only a specified amount is allowed to remain in the fund […]

§12-4-17. Retention and Disposal of Treasurer's Records

The Treasurer shall develop procedures for the storage, retention and disposal of records filed with, submitted to or created by the Treasurer's office. The procedures shall comply with the requirements for state records, as defined in section three, article eight, chapter five-a of this code, and for the reproduction and preservation of essential state records, […]

§12-4-3. Accounts of Appropriations

The Auditor and Secretary of Revenue shall each keep an account of every appropriation made by law, and of the several sums drawn thereon, so that the accounts may show at all times the balance undrawn on each appropriation. The account so kept shall be compared every month and errors, if any, corrected.

§12-4-3a. Accounts of the Auditor

The Auditor shall at all times maintain and have available for public inspection a report containing monthly balances in the treasury, which balances shall include, but not be limited to, the general revenue surplus balance; the general revenue surplus appropriation account balance; the state general revenue reappropriated account balance; the state general revenue current account […]

§12-4-5. Individual Accounts; Auditor to Notify Sureties When Sheriff Defaults

There shall be kept in the Auditor's office all necessary and proper accounts of persons having pecuniary transactions with the state, and especially accounts of all persons employed in the collection of any part of the public revenue, including the school fund. In case of a default made by any sheriff in the prompt payment […]

§12-4-6. Comparison of Books of Auditor and Treasurer; Monthly Balances

At the end of every month of the year, the summary account of the treasurer kept on the books of the Auditor's office shall be compared with the summary account kept by the treasurer, and the errors, if there be any in either, corrected. The summary account of the month shall be adjusted and a […]

§12-4-7. Annual State Dollar Report of Auditor

The Auditor shall furnish annually to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Delegates on or before January 15, a report detailing financial information for the prior calendar and fiscal year. It shall contain a statement of the receipts and disbursements, under the proper general heads, during the […]

§12-4-9. Absence of Auditor or Treasurer

When it is necessary for either the Auditor or treasurer to be absent, the other shall be informed of the absence. During the absence, the duties of the officer so absent may be performed by the Auditor's or treasurer's designee respectively. The absent officer and his sureties shall be liable for any malconduct or neglect […]