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W. Va. Code § 5A-12-12 — WV Code / Chapter 5A / Article 12 / Section 12
§5A-12-12. State vehicle fleet annual report.
Status: in_force

(a) The Fleet Management Division shall maintain sufficient records and fleet coordinator reports to produce a State Vehicle Fleet Annual Report, regarding the maintenance and operation of the state vehicle fleet.

(b) On or before December 31, 2019 and each December 31 thereafter, the division shall submit the State Vehicle Fleet Annual Report to the Governor, and to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance, containing, at a minimum:

(1) The total number of state vehicles;

(2) The total number of vehicles operated by each spending unit;

(3) The total number of state vehicle miles driven, both in the aggregate and by spending unit;

(4) The total amount of fuel purchased, and the total expenditures for annual maintenance, repair, fuel expenditures, both in the aggregate and by spending unit;

(5) The total number of miles reimbursed for personal vehicle use and the amount reimbursed annually, both in the aggregate and by spending unit;

(6) The total number of vehicles owned and operated by the division, including information on the total miles driven, and the annual expenditures for maintenance, repair, and fuel;

(7) The total annual indirect costs of operating the state vehicle fleet, both in the aggregate and by spending unit;

(8) A summary of complaints received concerning state vehicle usage;

(9) A summary of the State Auditor’s spot compliance audit report authorized pursuant to §5A-12-13 of this code;

(10) The operating revenue and expenses of the division; and

(11) Recommendations for any policy or statutory changes the director determines may be necessary to maintain accurate records of the state vehicle fleet, utilization of state vehicles, and the expenses necessary to maintain such vehicle fleet.

(c) An annual report produced in an electronic format complies with the reporting requirements of this article and shall be made available on the division website: Provided, That the division shall redact any personally identifiable or confidential information.
W. Va. Code § 48-10-203 — WV Code / Chapter 48 / Article 10 / Section 203
§48-10-203. Grandparent defined.
Status: in_force

"Grandparent" means a biological grandparent, a person married or previously married to a biological grandparent, or a person who has previously been granted custody of the parent of a minor child with whom visitation is sought.
W. Va. Code § 64-10-3 — WV Code / Chapter 64 / Article 10 / Section 3
§64-10-3. Division of Labor.
Status: in_force

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 24, 2025, authorized under the authority of §21-6-11 of this code, modified by the Division of Labor to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 10, 2025, relating to the Division of Labor (child labor, 42 CSR 09), is authorized.
W. Va. Code § 56-5-8 — WV Code / Chapter 56 / Article 5 / Section 8
§56-5-8. Setoff as to part of demand; continuance.
Status: in_force

If the defendant file a plea or account of setoff which covers or applies to part of the plaintiff's demand, judgment may forthwith be rendered for the part not controverted and the costs accrued until the filing of the plea or account, and the case shall be proceeded with for the residue as if the part for which judgment was rendered had not been included therein. And if, in addition to such plea or account, the defendant plead some other plea, going to the whole or residue of the demand, the case shall not be continued as to the part not controverted by plea or account of setoff, unless good cause be shown for such continuance. A failure to take such judgment, however, at the term the plea or account is filed, shall not effect a discontinuance of the cause.
W. Va. Code § 3-1B-7 — WV Code / Chapter 3 / Article 1B / Section 7
§3-1B-7. Retention of forms; public inspection.
Status: in_force

The officer receiving the filing shall accept, at all times prior to the election, all completed forms evidencing subscription to the code.

Forms filed with the circuit clerk shall be immediately forwarded to the county clerk. The county clerk, Secretary of State, and municipal recorder or clerk shall retain such forms filed with them for public inspection until one hundred eighty days after the general election.
W. Va. Code § 20-1-18 — WV Code / Chapter 20 / Article 1 / Section 18
§20-1-18. Government cooperation; projects; finances; properties.
Status: in_force

In addition to all other powers and authority vested in the director, he is hereby authorized and empowered to represent and advance the interests of the State of West Virginia under provisions of acts of Congress now in force or hereafter enacted providing for cooperation between the governments of the United States and of the several states in the exploration, development, conservation, use and enjoyment of natural resources. He may acquire by purchase or lease, as in this chapter provided, such lands, interests in lands, forests, parks, recreational facilities, wildlife and water areas and such other properties within this state as may be required in cooperative programs with any other government or governments, and, with the approval of the Governor, may negotiate and effect self-liquidating loans with the government of the United States or any agency or agencies thereof for the procurement, development and use of all such properties. All such projects shall be in the interest and for the benefit of the state and may be geared and timed to relieve economic hardship and unemployment.

In order to consolidate forest tracts under either state or federal administration, the director may sell, purchase or exchange stumpage or lands within or adjacent to any national forest purchase area.

The director shall study the land and water boundary areas of the state and, where practicable, cooperate with adjacent states in programs for the development, conservation and use of waters, forests, minerals, wildlife and other natural resources.
W. Va. Code § 11-13-3D — WV Code / Chapter 11 / Article 13 / Section 3D
§11-13-3d. Tax credit for industrial expansion and industrial revitalization, and eligible research and development projects.
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this article, the amount determined under article thirteen-d of this chapter, relating to tax credit for industrial expansion and industrial revitalization, and eligible research and development projects.

(b) The Tax Commissioner shall prescribe such regulations as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this section and article thirteen-d of this chapter.

(c) Any tax credit to which an industrial taxpayer became entitled under section three-c of this article, before its repeal, shall be fully and completely preserved under the provision of this section, as amended, as if this section were in effect, at the time the qualifying investment was made.
W. Va. Code § 33-46A-1 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 46A / Section 1
§33-46A-1. Purpose and intent.
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds that:

(1) Professional Employer Organizations (hereinafter "PEOs") provide a valuable service to commerce and the citizens of this state by increasing the opportunities of employers to develop cost-effective methods of satisfying their personnel requirements and providing employees with access to certain employment benefits which might otherwise not be available to them;

(2) PEOs operating in this state should be properly recognized and regulated by the Insurance Commissioner; and

(3) Any allocation of employer duties and responsibilities between a PEO and a client-employer pursuant to this article should preserve all rights to which covered employees would be entitled under a traditional employment relationship.
W. Va. Code § 7-1-3C — WV Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 3C
§7-1-3c. Purchase, installation and maintenance of photo copying equipment, microphotographic or other miniature photographic processes, appliances and supplies.
Status: in_force

In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county courts, such courts are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, install and maintain photo copying equipment, microphotographic, or other miniature photographic processes, appliances and supplies designated for copying photographically or microphotographically all or any number of its deeds, documents, books, records, plats or maps, or other writing, for use by the clerks of the several county courts and to pay therefor and for the maintenances thereof out of the county treasury. The actions of the county courts in heretofore purchasing and maintaining such equipment is now ratified.
W. Va. Code § 16-46-7 — WV Code / Chapter 16 / Article 46 / Section 7
§16-46-7. Statewide standing orders for opioid antagonist.
Status: in_force

(a) The state health officer may prescribe on a statewide basis an opioid antagonist by one or more standing orders to eligible recipients.

(b) A standing order must specify, at a minimum:

(1) The opioid antagonist formulations and means of administration that are approved for dispensing;

(2) The eligible recipients to whom the opioid antagonist may be dispensed;

(3) Any training that is required for an eligible recipient to whom the opioid antagonist is dispensed;

(4) The circumstances under which an eligible recipient may distribute or administer the opioid antagonist; and

(5) The timeline for renewing and updating the standing order.
W. Va. Code § 60A-2-207 — WV Code / Chapter 60A / Article 2 / Section 207
§60A-2-207. Schedule III criteria.
Status: in_force

The state Board of Pharmacy shall recommend to the Legislature that a substance be placed in Schedule III if it finds that:

(1) The substance has a potential for abuse less than the substances listed in Schedules I and II;

(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and

(3) Abuse of the substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.
W. Va. Code § 10-2A-14 — WV Code / Chapter 10 / Article 2A / Section 14
§10-2A-14. How proceeds of bonds applied; lien.
Status: in_force

All moneys received from the sale of any bonds issued pursuant to this article, after reimbursements and repayments to said board of all amounts advanced for preliminary expenses, as provided in section five of this article, shall be applied solely to the payment of the costs of the athletic establishment, or to the appurtenant sinking fund, and there shall be, and hereby is created and granted a lien upon such money, until so applied, in favor of the holders of the bonds or the trustees hereinafter provided for.
W. Va. Code § 8A-12-4 — WV Code / Chapter 8A / Article 12 / Section 4
§8A-12-4. Farmland protection boards -– appointment, composition, terms.
Status: in_force

(a) Composition. -- A farmland protection board shall be composed of seven members, each serving without compensation. Membership on the farmland protection board shall consist of the following: One county commissioner; the executive director of the county development authority; one farmer who is a county resident and a member of the county farm bureau; one farmer who is a county resident and a member of a conservation district; one farmer who is a county resident; and two county residents who are not members of any of the foregoing organizations. All members of the farmland protection board shall be voting members, except the county commissioner who shall serve in an advisory capacity as a nonvoting member.

(b) Terms. –- Each member of a farmland protection board shall be appointed for a term of office of four years except the initial appointment of two voting board members shall be for a term of two years:

(1) No member may serve for more than two consecutive full terms; and

(2) An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term.
W. Va. Code § 17C-5-12 — WV Code / Chapter 17C / Article 5 / Section 12
§17C-5-12. Report to the Legislature.
Status: in_force

On or before December 31, 2020, the Bureau for Public Health shall submit to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance a report that includes the following:

(1) Recommendations for the minimum levels of those drugs or controlled substances contained in §17C-5-8(d) of this code, that must be present in a person’s blood in order for the test to be admitted as prima facie evidence that the person was under the influence of a controlled substance or drug in a prosecution for the offense of driving a motor vehicle in this state; and

(2) Recommendations for the minimum levels of those drugs or controlled substances contained in §17C-5-8(d) of this code, that laboratories approved to test blood for drug or controlled substance content can reliably identify and measure for the concentrations of drugs, controlled substances and their metabolites, in blood.
W. Va. Code § 29-22B-1004 — WV Code / Chapter 29 / Article 22B / Section 1004
§29-22B-1004. Purchase or lease by permittees.
Status: in_force

Only permittees may purchase or lease video lottery terminals from a licensed manufacturer.
W. Va. Code § 18B-4-7A — WV Code / Chapter 18B / Article 4 / Section 7A
§18B-4-7a. Choice of accreditors.
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that:

(1) The United States Department of Education promulgated new regulations on November 1, 2019, that revise the criteria used by the department to recognize accrediting agencies to allow competition (84 Fed. Reg. 58834);

(2) The council, commission, and governing boards of the exempted schools must take advantage of the new regulations in order to improve education quality through competition among accreditors by amending their own regulations;

(3) Regulatory references to accreditation involving the North Central Association are out of date because it was dissolved in 2014; and

(4) Seventeen accreditors are currently recognized by the United States Department of Education (seven traditionally "regional" accreditors and 10 traditionally "national" accreditors).

(b) Competition. —

(1) By December 31, 2023, the council, commission, and governing boards of the exempted schools must amend their regulations regarding accreditation to ensure that every postsecondary institution in the state may freely choose to pursue accreditation by any accreditor recognized by the United States Department of Education for the kinds of programs offered by the institution; and

(2) To the extent that such regulations imply or state that institutions default to, or normally would, should, or must be accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and/or the now-defunct North Central Association, such regulations are incorrect and must be amended.
W. Va. Code § 22-18-10 — WV Code / Chapter 22 / Article 18 / Section 10
§22-18-10. Public participation in permit process.
Status: in_force

Before the issuing of a permit to any person with respect to any facility for the treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste under sections seven or eight of this article, the director or other permit issuing authority shall:

(a) Cause to be published as a Class I-0 legal advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation, and the publication area is the county wherein the real estate or greater portion thereof is situate, and broadcast over local radio stations notice of the director's or other permit issuing authority's intention to issue such permit; and

(b) Transmit written notice of the director's or other permit issuing authority's intention to issue such permit to each unit of local government having jurisdiction over the area in which such facility is proposed to be located and to each state agency having any authority under state law with respect to the construction or operation of such facility.

If within forty-five days the director or other permit issuing authority receives written notice of opposition to the director's or other permit issuing authority's intention to issue such permit and a request for a hearing, or if the director or other permit issuing authority determines on his or her own initiative, to have a hearing he or she shall hold an informal public hearing (including an opportunity for presentation of written and oral views) on whether he or she should issue a permit for the proposed facility. Whenever possible the director or other permit issuing authority shall schedule such hearing at a location convenient to the nearest population center to such proposed facility and give notice in the aforementioned manner of the date, time and subject matter of such hearing.
W. Va. Code § 19-7-2 — WV Code / Chapter 19 / Article 7 / Section 2
§19-7-2. State aid where more than one fair, festival or event in county.
Status: in_force

When more than one association, organization or individual holding a fair, festival or event in a county is eligible to receive the benefits pursuant to this article, the county associations, organizations or individuals are eligible to receive from the state a sum not exceeding in the aggregate $50,000 to be apportioned among the associations, organizations or individuals.
W. Va. Code § 11A-3-42 — WV Code / Chapter 11A / Article 3 / Section 42
§11A-3-42. Lands subject to sale by Auditor.
Status: in_force

All lands which were certified to the Auditor pursuant to §11A-3-8 of this code and which have not been redeemed, , together with all non-entered lands, all escheated lands, and all waste and unappropriated lands, shall be subject to sale by the Auditor as further provided in this article. References in this chapter to the sale or purchase of certified or non-entered lands by or from the Auditor shall be construed as the sale or purchase of the tax lien or liens thereon.
W. Va. Code § 47-11C-7 — WV Code / Chapter 47 / Article 11C / Section 7
§47-11C-7. Application.
Status: in_force

This article shall not apply to a franchise granted prior to the effective date of this article provided that a renewal or extension of such a franchise shall not be excluded from the application of this article.
W. Va. Code § 22-14-10 — WV Code / Chapter 22 / Article 14 / Section 10
§22-14-10. Procedures for handling emergencies involving dams; remedial actions to alleviate emergency; payment of costs of remedial actions to be paid by dam owner.
Status: in_force

The owner of a dam has the primary responsibility for determining when an emergency involving a dam exists. When the owner of a dam determines an emergency does exist, the owner shall take necessary remedial action and shall notify the secretary and any persons who may be endangered if the dam should fail.

The secretary shall notify any persons, not otherwise notified, who may be endangered if the dam should fail. The secretary may take any remedial action necessary to protect life and property if: (a) The condition of the dam so endangers life and property that time is not sufficient to permit the issuance and enforcement of an order for the owner to correct the condition; or (b) passing or imminent floods or other conditions threaten the safety of the dam. Remedial actions may include, but are not limited to:

(1) Taking full charge and control of the dam;

(2) Lowering the level of water impounded by the dam by releasing such impounded water;

(3) Completely releasing all water impounded by the dam;

(4) Performing any necessary remedial or protective work at the site of the dam;

(5) Taking any other steps necessary to safeguard life and property.

Once the secretary has taken full charge of the dam, the secretary shall remain in charge and control until in the secretary's opinion it has been rendered safe or the emergency occasioning the action has ceased and the secretary concludes that the owner is competent to reassume control of the dam and its operation. The assumption of control of the dam will not relieve the owner of a dam of liability for any negligent act or acts of the owner or the owner's agent or employee.

When the secretary declares that making repairs to the dam or breaching the dam is necessary to safeguard life and property, repairs or breaching shall be started immediately by the owner, or by the secretary at the owner's expense, if the owner fails to do so. The owner shall notify the secretary at once of any emergency repairs or breaching the owner proposes to undertake and of work he or she has under way to alleviate the emergency. The proposed repairs, breaching and work shall be made to conform with orders of the secretary. The secretary may obtain equipment and personnel for emergency work from any person as is necessary and expedient to accomplish the required work. Any person undertaking work at the request of the department shall be paid by the department and is immune from civil liability under the provisions of section fifteen, article seven, chapter fifty-five of this code.

The costs reasonably incurred in any remedial action taken by the secretary shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the department. All costs incurred by the department shall be promptly repaid by the owner upon request or, if not repaid, the department may recover costs and damages from the owner by appropriate civil action.
W. Va. Code § 48-14-103 — WV Code / Chapter 48 / Article 14 / Section 103
§48-14-103. Venue for action for child support order.
Status: in_force

An action under the provisions of this section may be brought in the county where the obligee, the obligor or the child resides.
W. Va. Code § 20-3-10 — WV Code / Chapter 20 / Article 3 / Section 10
§20-3-10. Spark arresters for sawmills, etc.; risk and hazard reduction to protect against fires; underground coal fires.
Status: in_force

No person, firm or corporation shall use or operate on land subject to fire by any cause, a sawmill, a power shovel, or an engine or machine capable of throwing sparks, unless the equipment is provided with an approved spark arrester. Escape of fire from such equipment shall be prima facie evidence that such appliance was not maintained properly in compliance with this section.

Any person, firm or corporation owning any land and knowing of inflammable waste disposal on said land, and any person, firm or corporation using any land for the purpose of inflammable waste disposal, shall remove annually all grass, brush, debris and other inflammable material adjacent to such disposal areas to provide adequate protection to prevent the escape of fire to adjacent lands. Escape of fire from any such disposal area shall be prima facie evidence that this section had not been complied with.

Any person, firm or corporation owning or leasing any mineral interests and knowing of underground coal being on fire under that land shall between the first of November and the thirty-first of December of each year clear away all inflammable material within forty feet of any mine break or other opening through which the fire could escape to the surface. Any person, firm or corporation owning any underground mineral interests shall use all practical means to confine, extinguish or suppress any such fire in such underground minerals.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.