§16-1-10 Disposition of permit, license or registration fees received by the commissioner; report to auditor; health facility licensing account. - West Virginia Statutes

§16-1-10. Disposition of permit, license or registration fees received by the commissioner; report to auditor; health facility licensing account.
(a) The commissioner shall receive and account for all moneys required to be paid as fees to the bureau for permits, licenses or registrations, pursuant to the provisions of this code and legislative rules.

(b) Subject to the provisions set forth in section two, article two, chapter twelve of this code, there is continued in the state treasury a separate account which shall be designated "the health facility licensing account." The commissioner shall deposit to the health facility licensing account all health facility licensing fees and may spend the moneys deposited in the health facility licensing account in accordance with the laws of this state to implement activities of health facility licensing. As part of the annual state budget, the Legislature shall appropriate for health facility licensure all moneys deposited in the health facilities licensing account.

Any remaining balance including accrued interest in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general revenue fund, but shall remain in the account, and the moneys may be spent after appropriation by the Legislature in ensuing fiscal years. The commissioner shall make an annual report to the Legislature on the health facility licensing account, including the previous fiscal year's expenditures and projected expenditures for the next fiscal year.