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W. Va. Code § 49-4-801 — WV Code / Chapter 49 / Article 4 / Section 801
§49-4-801. Support of a child removed from home pursuant to this chapter; order requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that to the extent practicable, this article should encourage and require a child's parents to meet the obligation of providing that child with adequate food, shelter, clothing, education, and health and child care.

(b) This article shall be construed to be consistent with articles one, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, nineteen and twenty four of chapter forty-eight of this code, and those articles apply to actions pursuant to this chapter unless expressly stated otherwise.

(c) When a child is removed from his or her home pursuant to this chapter, the court shall issue a support order payable by the child's mother. If the child's legal father has been determined, the court shall issue a child support order payable by the legal father. If no legal father has been determined, the court shall issue an order establishing paternity prior to or simultaneously with establishing a support order payable by the child's legal father. Copies of the orders shall be provided to the Bureau of Child Support Enforcement.

(d) The order establishing a child support obligation must use the Guidelines for Child Support Awards that are set forth in article thirteen, chapter forty-eight of this code.

(e) In addition to the reasons for deviation listed in section seven hundred two, article thirteen, chapter forty-eight of this code, deviation from the child support guidelines is appropriate when the court finds that:

(1) It may assist the parent in successful completion of an improvement period;

(2) It may be in the best interest of the minor child to issue a zero child support order; and/or

(3) The parent temporarily or permanently has no gross income as defined §48-1-228 of this code.
W. Va. Code § 21A-1A-11 — WV Code / Chapter 21A / Article 1A / Section 11
§21A-1A-11. Calendar quarter.
Status: in_force

"Calendar quarter" means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on the thirty-first day of March, the thirtieth day of June, the thirtieth day of September, December 31, or the equivalent thereof as the commissioner may by rule prescribe.
W. Va. Code § 39A-4-7 — WV Code / Chapter 39A / Article 4 / Section 7
§39A-4-7. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
Status: in_force

This article modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001, et seq. ) but does not modify, limit or supersede § 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in § 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7003(b)).
W. Va. Code § 18-12A-1 — WV Code / Chapter 18 / Article 12A / Section 1
§18-12A-1. Authority of board of regents to issue revenue bonds for certain capital improvements.
Status: in_force

The West Virginia board of regents shall have authority, as provided in this article, to issue revenue bonds of the state, not to exceed $8,500,000 in principal amount thereof, which shall be in addition to the revenue bonds heretofore authorized pursuant to this article, to finance the cost of providing a new classroom and office building, an addition to the library, renovation of administration building, additional land for a new student center building for Marshall University; and to acquire land and to improve and add parking, educational and athletic facilities. The principal of and interest on such bonds shall be payable solely from the special nonrevolving fund herein provided for such payment. The costs of any such building or buildings or improvements shall include the cost of acquisition of land, the construction and equipment of any such building or buildings, and the provision of roads, utilities and other services necessary, appurtenant or incidental to such building or buildings; and shall also include all other charges or expenses necessary, appurtenant or incidental to the construction, financing and placing in operation of any such building or buildings.
W. Va. Code § 16-5G-1 — WV Code / Chapter 16 / Article 5G / Section 1
§16-5G-1. Declaration of legislative policy.
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that hospitals owned or operated by nonprofit corporations, nonprofit associations or local governmental units are relied on by the citizens of this state for services essential to their health and well-being. The Legislature further finds and declares that public funds from various sources and by various means contribute significantly to the revenues and operations of such institutions. Therefore, it is in the best interest of the people of this state for all proceedings of the boards of directors or other governing bodies of such hospitals to be conducted in an open and public manner so that the people can remain informed of the decisions and decision making processes affecting the health services on which they so vitally depend and which they help support through tax exemptions, public funding and other means.
W. Va. Code § 14-2A-22 — WV Code / Chapter 14 / Article 2A / Section 22
§14-2A-22. State's subrogation to claimant's rights.
Status: in_force

If an award of compensation is made under the provisions of this article and is not reduced on account of the availability of payment by a collateral source, the state, upon the payment of the award or a part of the award, shall be subrogated to all of the claimant's rights to receive or recover benefits or advantages for economic loss for which an award of compensation was made from such source if it were a collateral source or would be a collateral source if it were readily available to the victim or claimant. The claimant may sue the offender for any damages or injuries caused by the offender's criminally injurious conduct and not compensated for by an award of compensation. The claimant may join with the Attorney General as coplaintiff in any action against the offender. All moneys that are collected by the state pursuant to its rights of subrogation as provided in this section shall be deposited in the Crime Victims Compensation Fund.
W. Va. Code § 8-4-12 — WV Code / Chapter 8 / Article 4 / Section 12
§8-4-12. Expenses.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a city shall make full provision for all expenses incurred in advertising, holding and conducting any election or voting under the provisions of this article and all other proper expenses incurred in complying with the provisions of this article, including the expenses of a charter board and the members thereof, as specified in section two of this article.
W. Va. Code § 15-3-6 — WV Code / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 6
§15-3-6. Location of police radio stations.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of the department of public safety is empowered to authorize a statewide survey, and to seek cooperation of the federal communications commission in the survey, to determine suitable locations for the state radio station or stations provided for in this article.
W. Va. Code § 38-1A-1 — WV Code / Chapter 38 / Article 1A / Section 1
§38-1A-1. "Security trust" defined.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, the term "security trust" shall include a deed of trust, mortgage, bond or other instrument, entered into after the effective date of this article under which the title to real and personal property, or either of them, wholly situate in and including no property situate outside of the State of West Virginia, is conveyed, transferred, encumbered or pledged to secure the payment of money or the performance of an obligation: Provided, however, That the provisions of this article shall not apply to supplements to existing security trust instruments now of record executed pursuant to the provisions of said existing security trust instruments.
W. Va. Code § 8-22-25B — WV Code / Chapter 8 / Article 22 / Section 25B
§8-22-25b. Right to benefits not subject to execution, etc.; assignments prohibited; deductions for group insurance; setoffs for fraud; exception for certain domestic relations orders; assets exempt from taxes.
Status: in_force

The right of a person to any benefit provided in this article shall not be subject to execution, attachment, garnishment, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws, or other process whatsoever, nor shall any assignment thereof be enforceable in any court except that the benefits or contributions under municipal policemen’s pension and relief funds and firemen’s pension and relief funds shall be subject to “qualified domestic relations orders” as that term is defined in Section 414(p) of the Internal Revenue Code as applicable to governmental plans: Provided , That should a member be covered by a group insurance or prepayment plan participated in by a participating municipality, and should he or she be permitted to, and elect to, continue such coverage as a retirant, he or she may authorize the board of trustees to have deducted from his or her retirement pension the payments required of him or her to continue coverage under such group insurance or prepayment plan: Provided, however , That a participating municipality shall have the right of setoff for any claim arising from embezzlement by, or fraud of, a member, retirant or beneficiary. The assets of the retirement system are exempt from state, county and municipal taxes.
W. Va. Code § 17C-7-7 — WV Code / Chapter 17C / Article 7 / Section 7
§17C-7-7. Same -- No-passing zones; penalty.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of highways is hereby authorized to determine those portions of any highway where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous and may by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway indicate the beginning and end of such zones and when such signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an ordinarily observant person every driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof.

(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100; upon a second conviction within one year thereafter, shall be fined not more than $200; and upon a third or subsequent conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.
W. Va. Code § 21-10-9 — WV Code / Chapter 21 / Article 10 / Section 9
§21-10-9. Notice of serious physical injury or fatality; investigations; records available to public.
Status: in_force

An owner or operator of an amusement ride or amusement attraction shall notify the division not later than twenty-four hours after any fatality or accident occurring as a result of the operation of the amusement ride or amusement attraction that results in a serious physical injury to any person requiring medical treatment or results in a loss of consciousness to any person. The notice may be oral or written. The division shall investigate each fatality or accident and any safety-related complaint involving an amusement ride or amusement attraction in this state about which the division receives notice. Every owner or operator of an amusement ride or amusement attraction shall keep a record of each accident or fatality and the record shall be kept with the certificate of inspection required by this article and shall be readily accessible to the public for inspection at any reasonable time at the carnival, fair or event where the amusement ride or amusement attraction is located.
W. Va. Code § 61-7-10 — WV Code / Chapter 61 / Article 7 / Section 10
§61-7-10. Deadly weapons for sale or hire; sale to prohibited persons; penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or confined in jail for not more than one year, or both fined and confined, except that where the person violating subsection (b) is other than a natural person, the person shall be fined not more than $10,000.

(b) A person may not knowingly sell, rent, give or lend, or, where the person is other than a natural person, knowingly permit an employee thereof to knowingly sell, rent, give or lend, any deadly weapon other than a firearm to a person prohibited from possessing a deadly weapon other than a firearm by any provision of this article.

(c) A person may not knowingly sell, rent, give or lend, or where the person is other than a natural person, knowingly permit an employee thereof to knowingly sell, rent, give or lend a firearm or ammunition to a person prohibited by any provision of this article or the provisions of 18 U.S.C. §922.

(d) Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (c) of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100,000, imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a definite term of years of not less than three years nor more than 10 years, or both fined and imprisoned, except that where the person committing an offense punishable under this subsection is other than a natural person, the person shall be fined not more than $250,000.

(e) Any person who knowingly solicits, persuades, encourages or entices a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition to transfer a firearm or ammunition under circumstances which the person knows would violate the laws of this state or the United States is guilty of a felony. Any person who willfully procures another to engage in conduct prohibited by this subsection shall be punished as a principal. This subsection does not apply to a law-enforcement officer acting in his or her official capacity. Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a definite term or not less than one year nor more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.
W. Va. Code § 33-15-4V — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 15 / Section 4V
§33-15-4v. Incorporation of the Health Benefit Plan Network Access and Adequacy Act.
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Health Benefit Plan Network Access and Adequacy Act codified at §33-55-1 et seq. of this code are made applicable to the provisions of this article.
W. Va. Code § 18-9B-2 — WV Code / Chapter 18 / Article 9B / Section 2
§18-9B-2. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article:

“State superintendent” means the State Superintendent of Schools.

“Budget” means the annual budget of school revenues and expenditures prepared and adopted by a county board of education in accordance with this article.

“Levy estimate” means the summary statement of the total budgeted school requirements prepared and adopted by a county board of education in accordance with law, in justification of the amount levied upon taxable property within the county for the support of the local schools.

“Appropriation” means an item, or the amount of an item, budgeted by a county board of education for expenditure during the fiscal year.

“Expenditure schedule” means a schedule for the expenditure of amounts budgeted throughout the fiscal year and adopted in conjunction with the annual budget.

“County board” means a county board of education.
W. Va. Code § 11-13O-12 — WV Code / Chapter 11 / Article 13O / Section 12
§11-13O-12. Effective date.
Status: in_force

This article shall be effective for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 1998.
W. Va. Code § 31E-13-1305 — WV Code / Chapter 31E / Article 13 / Section 1305
§31E-13-1305. Effect of dissolution.
Status: in_force

(a) A dissolved corporation continues its corporate existence but may not carry on any activities except those appropriate to wind up and liquidate its activities and affairs, including:

(1) Adopting a plan providing for the distribution of assets under section one thousand three hundred eight of this article.

(2) Collecting its assets;

(3) Disposing of its properties that will not be distributed in kind pursuant to the plan of distribution consistent with the requirements of section one thousand three hundred eight of this article;

(4) Discharging or making provision for discharging its liabilities;

(5) Distributing its remaining assets in accordance with sections one thousand three hundred eight and one thousand three hundred nine of this article; and

(6) Doing every other act necessary to wind up and liquidate its activities and affairs.

(b) Dissolution of a corporation does not:

(1) Transfer title to the corporation's property;

(2) Prevent transfer of its transferable membership interests, if any, although the authorization to dissolve may provide for closing the corporation's membership records;

(3) Subject its directors or officers to standards of conduct different from those prescribed in article eight of this chapter;

(4) Change quorum or voting requirements for its board of directors or members; change provisions for selection, resignation, or removal of its directors or officers or both; or change provisions for amending its bylaws;

(5) Prevent commencement of a proceeding by or against the corporation in its corporate name;

(6) Abate or suspend a proceeding pending by or against the corporation on the effective date of dissolution;

(7) Terminate the authority of the registered agent of the corporation; or

(8) Of itself, render the members liable for any liability or other obligations of the corporation or vest title to the property of the corporation in the members.
W. Va. Code § 20-2B-8 — WV Code / Chapter 20 / Article 2B / Section 8
§20-2B-8. Privileges of lifetime licensees.
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to §20-2B-7 of this code, resident lifetime licensees shall be entitled to the same privileges and subject to the same restrictions as resident licensees possessing the equivalent annual license with the following exceptions:

(1) Class A-L, AB-L, B-L and O-L licenses shall be valid for the lifetime of the licensee;

(2) A Class O-L lifetime resident trout fishing license shall be issued only to residents of the state and shall be valid only when accompanied by a Class AB-L, B, B-L, X or XJ license; and

(3) No additional fee shall be required of Class A-L, AB-L or B-L licensees for the conservation stamp required by §20-2B-9 of this code. No additional fee shall be required of Class A-L or AB-L licensees for the Class BG stamp required by §20-2-42v of this code.

(b) Pursuant to §20-2B-7 of this code, nonresident lifetime licensees shall be entitled to the same privileges and subject to the same restrictions as nonresident licensees possessing the equivalent annual license with the following exceptions:

(1) Class E-L, EE-L, F-L and OO-L licenses shall be valid for the lifetime of the licensee; and

(2) No additional fee shall be required of Class E-L, EE-L, or F-L licensees for the nonresident conservation law-enforcement and sports education stamp required by §20-2B-10 of this code.

(3) A Class OO-L lifetime nonresident trout fishing license shall be issued only to nonresidents of the state and shall be valid only when accompanied by a Class F or F-L license; and

(4) A Class UU-L lifetime resident archery deer hunting stamp shall be issued only to nonresidents of the state and shall be valid only when accompanied by a Class E-L license; and

(5) A Class VV-L lifetime nonresident muzzleloading deer hunting stamp shall be issued only to nonresidents of the state and shall be valid only when accompanied by a Class E-L license; and

(6) A Class WW-L lifetime nonresident turkey hunting stamp shall be issued only to nonresidents of the state and shall be valid only when accompanied by a Class E-L license; and

(7) A Class I-L lifetime nonresident national forest hunting, trapping, and fishing stamp shall be issued only to nonresidents of the state and shall be valid only when accompanied by a Class E-L, EE-L , or F-L license.
W. Va. Code § 59-2-15 — WV Code / Chapter 59 / Article 2 / Section 15
§59-2-15. General taxation of costs.
Status: in_force

The clerk shall tax in the costs all fees of officers, or other persons properly acting in lieu of officers, which the said party appears to be chargeable with, in the case wherein the recovery is, except that where, in any court on the same side, more than one copy of anything is obtained or taken out, in which may be included a copy of any pleading in a pending case, there shall be taxed only the fee for one copy of the same thing. He shall also tax 50¢ for each legal notice from such party therein, served in this state, and not otherwise taxed; the costs of executing any order of publication made in the case for such party and of any advertisement from him in the case, made in pursuance of law; and the allowances to his witnesses, and every further sum which the court may deem reasonable and direct to be taxed for depositions, taken in or out of the state, or for any other matter.
W. Va. Code § 15-1E-101 — WV Code / Chapter 15 / Article 1E / Section 101
§15-1E-101. Improper use of countersign.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this article who in time of war discloses the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it or who gives to another, who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign, a different parole or countersign from that which, to his knowledge, he was authorized and required to give, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.