STATE EX REL. PSC v. GAINER

No. 21852.

437 S.E.2d 589 (1993)

190 W.Va. 151

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION of West Virginia; Boyce Griffith In His Capacity As Chairman of the Public Service Commission; Otis B. Casto and Richard D. Frum, In Their Respective Capacities As Commissioners of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia; West Virginia Health Care Cost Review Authority; Larry C. Fizer, In His Capacity As Chairman of the West Virginia Health Care Cost Review Authority; Robert F. Hatfield, In His Capacity As Member of the Board of the West Virginia Health Care Cost Review Authority; Harry Camper, In His Capacity As the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner; Edward Hamrick, In His Capacity As the Director of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources; John Brown, In His Capacity As the Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Tourism and Parks; Thomas Kirk, In His Capacity As the Superintendent of the West Virginia Division of Public Safety; and Hanley Clark, In His Capacity As the Insurance Commissioner of West Virginia, Petitioners, v. Glen B. GAINER III, State Auditor, and Larrie Bailey, State Treasurer, In Their Respective Official Capacities, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

October 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Hitt, Charleston, for PSC & Members.

Marianne K. Stonestreet, Charleston, for HCCRA, Larry Fizer, and Robert F. Hatfield.

B. Keith Huffman, Charleston, for Hanley Clark.

Harry Camper, Edward Hamrick, John Brown, Thomas Kirk, pro se.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioners, various state agencies and statutory administrators, filed a writ of mandamus against the State's Auditor and Treasurer, seeking to have House Bill 2120 declared unconstitutional on the grounds that it contains more than one subject, neither of which is related to the other. Because we determine that House Bill 2120, which contained, inter alia, the 1993 amendments to West Virginia Code § 6-7-2a, violates the constitutional prohibition...

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