Yesterday Governor Tomblin announced his vetoes to the FY 2016 budget, which the legislature completed last week. As we went over here, the legislature increased the amount borrowed from the Rainy Day Fund to $22.9 million, in turn increasing appropriations above the governor’s recommendations in some areas, including higher education. With his veto, the governor has reduced the amount borrowed from the Rainy Day Fund to $15.5 million, and has reduced a number of appropriations throughout the budget.
Notably, the governor vetoed $2.8 million from higher education and $1.1 million from the State Police. Below is a table with the full list of the governor’s vetoes of the FY 2016 budget.
| Agency | Line Item | Enrolled Budget | Vetoed Budget | Amount Vetoed |
| General Revenue | ||||
| WV Development Office | WV High Tech Consortium | $300,000 | $198,906 | -$101,094 |
| WV Development Office | Regional Contracting Assistance Center | $225,000 | $208,215 | -$16,785 |
| State FFA-FHA Camp and Conference Center | Unclassified | $500,000 | $0 | -$500,000 |
| State Department of Education | Hospitality Training | $319,005 | $264,973 | -$54,032 |
| State Department of Education | Educational Program Allowance | $535,000 | $516,250 | -$18,750 |
| State Aid for Schools | Adjustment | $718,168 | $0 | -$718,168 |
| Education and the Arts Office of the Secretary | Educational Enhancements | $575,000 | $200,000 | -$375,000 |
| Division of Health – Central Office | Primary Care Support | $6,000,000 | $5,270,428 | -$729,572 |
| Division of Health – Central Office | Health Right Free Clinics | $3,000,000 | $2,750,000 | -$250,000 |
| Division of Human Services | Children’s Trust Fund – Transfer | $300,000 | $220,000 | -$80,000 |
| WV State Police | Personal Services and Employee Benefits | $59,511,081 | $59,000,000 | -$511,081 |
| WV State Police | Vehicle Purchase | $2,377,614 | $2,000,000 | -$377,614 |
| WV State Police | Capital Outlay and Maintenance | $2,250,000 | $2,000,000 | -$250,000 |
| Department of Veterans’ Assistance | Personal Services and Employee Benefits | $1,876,828 | $1,801,828 | -$75,000 |
| Department of Veterans’ Assistance | Unclassified | $200,000 | $180,000 | -$20,000 |
| Department of Veterans’ Assistance | Veterans’ Field Offices | $288,345 | $268,345 | -$20,000 |
| Department of Veterans’ Assistance | Veterans’ Nursing Home | $6,004,913 | $5,941,038 | -$63,875 |
| Department of Veterans’ Assistance | Veterans’ Reeducation Assistance | $39,502 | $29,502 | -$10,000 |
| Department of Veterans’ Assistance | Veterans’ Grant Program | $150,000 | $100,000 | -$50,000 |
| Department of Veterans’ Assistance | Veterans Cemetary | $583,263 | $373,263 | -$210,000 |
| New River Community and Technical College | Total | $5,676,500 | $5,641,703 | -$34,797 |
| Pierpont Community & Technical College | Total | $7,664,596 | $7,530,761 | -$133,835 |
| Blue Ridge Community and Technical College | Total | $4,949,710 | $4,607,544 | -$342,166 |
| Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College | Total | $1,887,174 | $1,881,834 | -$5,340 |
| Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College | Total | $8,203,924 | $8,203,924 | $0 |
| West Virginia Northern Community and Technical College | Total | $7,099,616 | $7,075,033 | -$24,583 |
| West Virginia University – Parkersburg | Total | $10,094,237 | $9,788,994 | -$305,243 |
| Bridgevalley community and technical college | Total | $7,739,898 | $7,719,911 | -$19,987 |
| WVU – School of Medicine Medical School Fund | WVU-School of Health Sciences | $16,711,414 | $16,163,439 | -$547,975 |
| WVU – General Admin Fund | Jackson’s Mill | $307,713 | $247,549 | -$60,164 |
| Marshall University – School of Medicine | Forensic Lab | $415,000 | $250,411 | -$164,589 |
| Marshall University – School of Medicine | Center for Rural Health | $275,000 | $165,037 | -$109,963 |
| Marshall University – General Admin Fund | Luke Lee Listening Language and Learning Lab | $175,000 | $105,000 | -$70,000 |
| WV School of Osteopathic Medicine | School of Osteopathic Medicine | $7,458,334 | $7,008,276 | -$450,058 |
| Bluefield State College | Total | $5,823,680 | $5,815,119 | -$8,561 |
| Shepherd University | Total | $9,921,556 | $9,831,330 | -$90,226 |
| West Liberty University | Total | $8,198,329 | $8,196,740 | -$1,589 |
| West Virginia State University | Total | $10,733,691 | $10,307,141 | -$426,550 |
| Special Revneue | ||||
| Office of Secretary – Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund | Medical Services Trust fund – transfer | $22,928,928 | $14,792,331 | -$8,136,597 |
| Excess Lottery | ||||
| Division of Human Services | Medical Services | $16,422,140 | $14,422,140 | -$2,000,000 |
