West Virginia Code
Article 21. County Financial Stabilization Fund Act
§7-21-3. Budget Stabilization Fund; Creation; Appropriation; Maximum

(a) A county commission may create a "financial stabilization fund" by a majority vote of the members. The fund may receive appropriations, gifts, grants and any other funds made available.
(b) The county commission may appropriate a sum to the fund from any surplus in the General Fund at the end of each fiscal year or from any other money available.
(c) The amount of money in the fund may not exceed thirty percent of the county's most recent general fund budget, as originally adopted. When the fund exceeds the thirty percent, the county commission shall transfer the excess to any fund it considers appropriate.