CHARLESTON, -- West Virginia lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Monday, this time to address $45.3 million worth of funding measures before the new state budget takes effect July 1.

The House and Senate began their second special session of the year, which coincides with their already scheduled, three-day series of interim study meetings.

Gov. Joe Manchin's special session agenda lists 18 supplemental appropriation proposals, which lawmakers divided among a half-dozen bills. The Senate unanimously passed its versions of all six late Monday, suspending their rules for each to allow votes ahead of schedule. The House Finance Committee, meanwhile, endorsed that chamber's versions.

Three of the bills reassign $6.1 million in already budgeted funds within state agencies. They would apply $5 million toward capital improvements at community and technical colleges, $853,728 toward debt payments for the Department of Administration, and $322,469 toward Division of Rehabilitation Services employee benefits.

The $39.1 million in new spending would come from lottery proceeds, the State Road Fund and surplus general tax revenue. All but $5 million would bolster the budget that expires June 30.

Those items include $11 million for roads, another $5 million for community and technical schools, $4 million for bridges, $3.8 million in further aid to flood-damaged southern counties, and $2.4 million for the state's 4-year colleges and universities.

As promised, Manchin also included $1 million for domestic violence programs and $300,000 apiece for free clinics and in-home family education.

The governor wielded line-item vetoes to those programs in the new budget he signed last week. He offered the supplemental measures to provide one-time funding for each, and avoid permanent increases to their spending.

Another $5 million would aid the public schools' student enrichment program, which suffered a $6.2 million cut in the new budget. Other cut offsets include $250,000 for the state treasurer's personal finance education program.

Lawmakers met last month to approve the budget bill, and revive 17 regular session bills that the governor had vetoed because of technical flaws. They then convened a brief special session at Manchin's request, and rescued 15 bills that had nearly passed in this year's regular session.

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