Post by Logan on Feb 3, 2016 3:50:55 GMT -6
Legislators reject financial impact request for prevailing wage bill
Democrats in the Legislature could be feeling like Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day,” reliving the same day over and over, as leadership on Tuesday again rejected their requests for data on the financial impact of legislation to repeal the state’s Prevailing Wage Act (HB4005).
On Tuesday, Senate President Bill Cole, R-Mercer, did the honors, ruling that Sen. John Unger’s request for a fiscal note on the bill’s impact was not well taken.
Subsequently, Unger, D-Berkeley, moved to demand a fiscal note, and that motion was defeated on a party-line 16-18 vote.
That marked the ninth and 10th times that House and Senate leadership have rejected requests for economic impact studies or fiscal notes — which assess the financial impact of prospective legislation on affected state agencies — on the prevailing wage repeal bill.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160202/legislators-reject-financial-impact-request-for-prevailing-wage-bill#sthash.GQhzYJkk.dpuf
Democrats in the Legislature could be feeling like Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day,” reliving the same day over and over, as leadership on Tuesday again rejected their requests for data on the financial impact of legislation to repeal the state’s Prevailing Wage Act (HB4005).
On Tuesday, Senate President Bill Cole, R-Mercer, did the honors, ruling that Sen. John Unger’s request for a fiscal note on the bill’s impact was not well taken.
Subsequently, Unger, D-Berkeley, moved to demand a fiscal note, and that motion was defeated on a party-line 16-18 vote.
That marked the ninth and 10th times that House and Senate leadership have rejected requests for economic impact studies or fiscal notes — which assess the financial impact of prospective legislation on affected state agencies — on the prevailing wage repeal bill.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160202/legislators-reject-financial-impact-request-for-prevailing-wage-bill#sthash.GQhzYJkk.dpuf