2026 Regular Session
Link to Bill History on Legacy Website (Click Here)Summary: To create the Rural County Stabilization and Grant Flexibility Act.
PDF: hb5044 intr.pdf
DOCX: HB5044 INTR.docx
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
FISCAL NOTE
Introduced
House Bill 5044
By Delegates Toney, Cooper, and Roop
[Introduced February 02, 2026; referred to the Committee on Finance]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §7-1-5b, relating to the rural county stabilization program.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1. COUNTY COMMISSIONS GENERALLY.
§7-1-5b. Rural county stabilization program.
(a) State agencies shall provide simplified grant applications and multi-year funding options for eligible rural counties.
(b) Counties may enter into shared-service agreements for administrative and grant writing and management functions.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to change the grant process for counties.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.