West Virginia Code 5A-2-19a – Special reports by spending units; notification of pending matters having impact on future expenditure requirements
(a) Within ninety days following the end of each fiscal year, each spending unit within state government shall submit a detailed report and accounting of all substantial unbudgeted contingent liabilities that may have a substantial and material impact on spending obligations in subsequent fiscal years. Each report is to include, but not be limited to, pending legal actions, unresolved audit findings and any other activities that are reasonably predicted to have an impact on future expenditures by the state.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 5A-2-19a
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
(b) All reports are to be submitted to the secretary on forms and in the manner prescribed by the secretary. Within thirty days of receipt of each final report, the secretary shall forward a copy to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
(c) The secretary shall propose for promulgation all rules required for the implementation of this section in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. The rules are to include, but not be limited to, definitions of the types of substantial unbudgeted contingent liabilities that are reportable under the provisions of this section.