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W. Va. Code § 16-4C-20 — WV Code / Chapter 16 / Article 4C / Section 20
§16-4C-20. Service reciprocity agreements for mutual aid.
Status: in_force

Any persons or entities providing lawful emergency medical services under the provisions of this article are hereby authorized in their discretion to enter into and renew service reciprocity agreements, for any period as they may deem advisable, with the appropriate emergency medical service providers, county, municipal or other governmental units or in counties contiguous to the State of West Virginia, in the state of Ohio, the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the state of Maryland, the commonwealth of Virginia or the commonwealth of Kentucky, in order to establish and carry into effect a plan to provide mutual aid across state lines, through the furnishing of properly certified personnel and equipment for the provision of emergency medical services in this state and the counties contiguous to this state upon written approval by the commissioner.

No person or entity may enter into any such agreement unless the agreement provides that each of the parties to the agreement shall waive any and all claims against the other parties thereto, which may arise out of their activities outside of their respective jurisdictions under the agreement and shall indemnify and save harmless the other parties to the agreement from all claims by third parties for property damages or personal injuries which may arise out of the activities of the other parties to the agreement outside their respective jurisdictions under the agreement.

The commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into service reciprocity agreements with appropriate officials in other states for the purpose of providing emergency medical services to the citizens of this state by emergency medical service personnel properly certified in their respective state or states. A formal agreement between the commissioner and an authorized official of another state shall be in effect prior to the service being provided. Individual certification of other state emergency medical service personnel is not required for purposes of providing services to West Virginia citizens following the creation of the agreement by the responsible officials.
W. Va. Code § 11-13-27 — WV Code / Chapter 11 / Article 13 / Section 27
§11-13-27. General procedure and administration.
Status: in_force

Each and every provision of the "West Virginia Tax Procedure and Administration Act" set forth in article ten of this chapter shall apply to the tax imposed by this article thirteen with like effect as if said act were applicable only to the tax imposed by this article thirteen and were set forth in extenso in this article thirteen.
W. Va. Code § 6-4-1 — WV Code / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 1
§6-4-1. United States senators, representatives, and presidential electors.
Status: in_force

The Governor shall, whenever requested, give a certificate under his hand and the great seal of the state, to each person elected a senator or member of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States, or an elector of president and vice-president of the United States, which certificates, respectively, shall be substantially in the following forms:

(SENATOR)

State of West Virginia, to-wit:

I, ................., Governor of said State, pursuant to the laws in such case made and provided, do hereby certify that ...................., of the county of ..................., was duly chosen a member of the Senate in the Congress of the United States for the State of West Virginia, on the ......... day of ..........., .............., for the term commencing on March 4, next ensuing (or for the unexpired term ending on March 3, .........., as the case may be).

Given under my hand and the great seal of the State of West Virginia, on this the ........... day of ............, ........

(MEMBER OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES)

State of West Virginia, to-wit:

I, ........................., Governor of the said State, pursuant to the laws in such case made and provided, do hereby certify that .............................., of the county of ................, was duly chosen a member of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States on the .............. day of ................, ......, for the ....... congressional district of this state composed of the counties of ......................, for the term commencing on March 4, next ensuing (or for the unexpired term ending on March 3, ........., as the case may be).

Given under my hand and the great seal of the State of West Virginia, on this the ........... day of ............, ......

(PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS)

State of West Virginia, to-wit:

I, ......................, Governor of said State pursuant to the laws in such case made and provided, do hereby certify that ...................., of the county of ............, was duly appointed by this State at an election held therein on the ........... day of November, ......., an elector of president and vice-president of the United States.

Given under my hand and the great seal of the State of West Virginia, on this the ............. day of ............, ........
W. Va. Code § 54-1-7 — WV Code / Chapter 54 / Article 1 / Section 7
§54-1-7. Roadways; crossings.
Status: in_force

If any company shall acquire land under the provisions of this chapter, and, in the construction and operation of its work of internal improvement, obstruct or impede the owner of residue of the tract of land from crossing the land so acquired, when such crossing is essential for the proper use of the remaining land of the owner, it shall permit the owner of the land to construct, maintain and use suitable crossings over the land so acquired. If such land shall have theretofore been cleared and fenced, or shall thereafter be cleared and fenced, the company shall construct and forever maintain suitable farm crossings to adequately serve the tract of land as a whole, and, if a railroad company, cattle guards and fences, on both sides of the lands condemned and appropriated.
W. Va. Code § 61-3-39D — WV Code / Chapter 61 / Article 3 / Section 39D
§61-3-39d. Prima facie evidence of knowledge; identity; penalty for providing false information.
Status: in_force

(a) In any prosecution under section thirty-nine of this article, the making, drawing, uttering or delivery of a check, draft or order, the payment of which is refused by the drawee because of lack of funds or credit, shall be prima facie evidence that the drawer has knowledge at the time of making, drawing, issuing, uttering or delivering such check, draft or order that there is not sufficient funds or credit to pay the same, unless the check, draft or order is paid along with any charges or costs authorized by this article.

(b) In any prosecution under section thirty-nine-a of this article, it shall constitute prima facie evidence of the identity of the drawer of a check, draft order if at the time of acceptance of such check, draft or order there is obtained the following information: Name and residence, business or mailing address and either a valid motor vehicle operator's number or the drawer's home or work phone number or place of employment. Such information may be recorded on the check, draft or order itself or may be retained on file by the payee and referred to on the check, draft or order by identifying number or other similar means.

(c) Any person who shall provide false information when information is requested prior to accepting a check, draft or order either at the time such check, draft or order is presented or for the purpose of obtaining a check cashing identification card or similar check cashing privilege shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $200, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both fined and imprisoned.
W. Va. Code § 19-1A-5 — WV Code / Chapter 19 / Article 1A / Section 5
§19-1A-5. Director of Division of Forestry; appointment; qualifications.
Status: in_force

The Director of the Division of Forestry shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve at the will and pleasure of the Governor. The director shall be a graduate of a school of forestry accredited by the Society of American Foresters and have a minimum of ten years' experience in forest management. The director shall be paid an annual salary as provided in section two-a, article seven, chapter six of this code: Provided, That the director's salary shall be paid solely from budget appropriations to the division.
W. Va. Code § 33-25B-5 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 25B / Section 5
§33-25B-5. Duties and responsibilities of corporation.
Status: in_force

Upon presentation of a valid voucher application, the corporation shall issue from its insurance subsidy fund a voucher to the guardian or applicant aide, made out in behalf of the guardian and redeemable for the face amount by any approved provider. The corporation shall retain in the fund all moneys received from refundable tax credits of guardians. These moneys shall be used to extend additional vouchers. The corporation may solicit and receive donations of moneys for the fund. No corporation may require that vouchers be presented to a specific approved provider in order to be eligible to participate in the program.
W. Va. Code § 33-33-7 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 33 / Section 7
§33-33-7. Consolidated or combined audits.
Status: in_force

An insurer may make written application to the commissioner for approval to file audited consolidated or combined financial statements in lieu of separate annual audited financial statements if the insurer is part of a group of insurance companies which utilizes a pooling or one hundred percent reinsurance agreement that affects the solvency and integrity of the insurer's reserves and the insurer cedes all of its direct and assumed business to the pool. If an approval is granted, a columnar consolidating or combining worksheet shall be filed with the report incorporating the following:

(1) Amounts shown on the consolidated or combined audited financial report shall be shown on the worksheet;

(2) Amounts for each insurer subject to this section shall be stated separately;

(3) Noninsurance operations may be shown on the worksheet on a combined or individual basis;

(4) Explanations of consolidating and eliminating entries shall be included; and

(5) A reconciliation shall be included of any differences between the amounts shown in the individual insurer columns of the worksheet and comparable amounts shown on the annual statements of the insurers.
W. Va. Code § 44C-4-1 — WV Code / Chapter 44C / Article 4 / Section 1
§44C-4-1. Registration of guardianship orders.
Status: in_force

If a guardian has been appointed in another state and a petition for the appointment of a guardian is not pending in this state, the guardian appointed in the other state, after giving notice to the appointing court of an intent to register, may register the guardianship order in this state by filing as a foreign judgment in a court, in any appropriate county of this state, certified copies of the order and letters of office.
W. Va. Code § 31-18F-1 — WV Code / Chapter 31 / Article 18F / Section 1
§31-18F-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article shall be known as the West Virginia Veterans' Home Loan Mortgage Program Act of 2024.
W. Va. Code § 22A-2A-405 — WV Code / Chapter 22A / Article 2A / Section 405
§22A-2A-405. Exhaust gas monitoring and control.
Status: in_force

(a) For monitoring and controlling exhaust gases, the director shall establish the maximum allowable ambient concentration of exhaust gases in the mine atmosphere. Standards for exhaust gases, stated in parts per million, shall be established for carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen. The rules shall establish the location in the mine at which the concentration of these exhaust gases is to be measured, the frequency at which measurements are to be made, and requirements prescribing the sampling instruments to be used in the measurement of exhaust gases.

(b) The director shall establish the concentration of exhaust gas, stated as a percentage of an exposure limit, that when present will require changes to be made in the use of diesel-powered equipment or the methods of mine ventilation, or will require other modifications in the mining process.

(c) The director shall provide for the remedial action to be taken if the concentration of any of the gases listed in subsection (a) of this section exceeds the exposure limit.

(d) In addition to the other maintenance requirements required by this article, the director shall establish requirements provide for service, maintenance and tests which are specific to an engine's fuel delivery system, timing or exhaust emissions control and conditioning system.
W. Va. Code § 31C-1-2 — WV Code / Chapter 31C / Article 1 / Section 2
§31C-1-2. Authority of commissioner and board of banking and financial institutions.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the department of banking shall be responsible for the supervision and regulation of credit unions incorporated under this chapter or previously incorporated under this code. The commissioner is specifically charged with administering the supervisory and regulatory responsibilities set forth in this chapter, in conjunction with the board of banking and financial institutions as set forth in section two, article three, chapter thirty-one-a of this code.
W. Va. Code § 30-26-1 — WV Code / Chapter 30 / Article 26 / Section 1
§30-26-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this article:

(1) "Advertise," and any of its variants, means and includes the use of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign, placard, card, label, tag, window display, store sign, radio, television announcement or any other means or methods now or hereinafter employed to bring to the attention of the public the practice of fitting or dealing in hearing aids.

(2) "Board" means the West Virginia board of hearing-aid dealers.

(3) "Department" means the state department of health and when appropriate shall include the state director of health.

(4) "Hearing aid" means any wearable device or instrument or any combination thereof, designed for, represented as or offered for sale for the purpose of aiding, improving or compensating for defective or impaired human hearing and shall include earmolds, parts, attachments or other accessories thereto, but excluding batteries and cords.

(5) "Hearing-aid dealer" and "hearing-aid fitter" means any person engaged in the practice of dealing in or fitting of hearing aids.

(6) "License" means any license issued under the provisions of this article and shall include a temporary license. "Licensee" means any person holding any such license.

(7) "Person" means and includes any individual, partnership, trust, association, corporation or other like organization, or any combination thereof.

(8) "Practice of dealing in or fitting of hearing aids" means and includes:

(a) The measurement or other testing of human hearing by means of an audiometer, or by any other means;

(b) The selection, adaptation, fitting or sale of hearing aids by a person for the use of another person; or

(c) The making of impressions for earmolds.

(9) "Sell" or "sale" or any variant thereof, means any transfer of title or of the right of use by lease, bailment or any other contract, but shall not include transactions between distributors, dealers or licensees where the item transferred is intended for sale.

(10) "Trainee" means any person training to become a licensed hearing-aid dealer or fitter.
W. Va. Code § 31-14-3 — WV Code / Chapter 31 / Article 14 / Section 3
§31-14-3. Authorized capital stock; description of shares; consideration for sale of shares.
Status: in_force

The agreement of incorporation shall set forth the total amount of authorized capital stock, the number of shares in which it is divided, the par value of each of such shares and the amount of capital stock with which it will commence business and, if there be more than one class of stock, the total number of shares of all classes of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue, with a description of the different classes and all other information with respect thereto required by section six, article one of this chapter. No corporation organized hereunder shall sell its shares for any consideration other than money.
W. Va. Code § 8-25-10 — WV Code / Chapter 8 / Article 25 / Section 10
§8-25-10. Cooperation of regional council and other planning or development agencies, governmental units and officials.
Status: in_force

To effectuate the purposes of this article, regional councils shall cooperate with planning agencies or development agencies within the region or within other regions, with the governing bodies and administrative officials of any municipality, county or any other political subdivision, including those in other states, or with any other entity, private or public, whose interests are in harmony with the purposes of this article, in order to coordinate and harmonize planning and development for the cooperating units. All state departments and agencies shall cooperate with regional councils established under this article and shall make available for the studies conducted by such councils, reports, data and other informational and technical assistance within financial and personnel limitations. Each regional council may appoint such committees and may adopt such rules and regulations as may be proper to effect such coordination and integration. The governing bodies and administrative officials of municipalities, counties and other political subdivisions within this state are hereby empowered and authorized to cooperate with such planning and development agencies and with the governing bodies and administrative officials of political subdivisions and planning and development agencies in other states for the purpose of such coordination and integration in accordance with the provisions of this article.
W. Va. Code § 8A-13-1 — WV Code / Chapter 8A / Article 13 / Section 1
§8A-13-1. Definition.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, "request" means an application for a permit, license, variance, or any other type of prior approval from a governing body or planning commission of a municipality or county for an action related to the development or improvement of property.
W. Va. Code § 33-8-19 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 8 / Section 19
§33-8-19. Same - Policy loans.
Status: in_force

A life insurer may lend to a policyholder on the security of the cash surrender value of the policyholder's policy a sum not exceeding the legal reserve that the insurer is required to maintain on the policy.
W. Va. Code § 11-13D-9 — WV Code / Chapter 11 / Article 13D / Section 9
§11-13D-9. Severability.
Status: repealed

(a) If any provision of this article or the application thereof shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of said article, but shall be confined in its operation to the provision thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered, and the applicability of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

(b) If any provision of this article or the application thereof shall be made invalid or inapplicable by reason of the failure of the Legislature to enact any statute therein addressed or referred to, or by reason of the repeal or any other invalidation of any statute therein addressed or referred to, such failure to reenact on such repeal or invalidation of any such statute shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of the said article, but shall be confined in its operation to the provision thereof directly involved with, pertaining to, addressing or referring to the said statute, and the application of such provision with regard to other statutes or in other instances not affected by any such invalid or repealed statute shall not be abrogated or diminished in any way.
W. Va. Code § 6-8-11 — WV Code / Chapter 6 / Article 8 / Section 11
§6-8-11. Settlements by sheriff for school funds -- Failure to account for and pay over money.
Status: in_force

If any sheriff shall fail to account for and pay over as required by law any school funds which may come into his hands, or for which he is liable, judgment may be rendered therefor against him and his sureties with interest and ten percent damages.
W. Va. Code § 62-1B-4 — WV Code / Chapter 62 / Article 1B / Section 4
§62-1B-4. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or its application, and to this end, the provisions of this article are declared to be severable.
W. Va. Code § 30-3D-1 — WV Code / Chapter 30 / Article 3D / Section 1
§30-3D-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, the following words and terms have the meanings ascribed to them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

(1) "Boards" mean the West Virginia Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathy.

(2) "Major mental illness" means a diagnosis of a mental disorder within the axis of psychotic or affective or mood, or alcohol or chemical abuse, or alcohol or chemical dependency, as stipulated in the International Code of Diagnosis.

(3) "Physician and physician assistant" mean those health care professionals licensed by the West Virginia Board of Medicine or the West Virginia Board of Osteopathy.

(4) "Podiatrist" means those individuals licensed by the West Virginia Board of Medicine to undertake the practice of podiatry.

(5) "Qualifying illness" means the diagnosis of alcohol or substance abuse or alcohol or substance dependency or major mental illness.
W. Va. Code § 17A-10-4 — WV Code / Chapter 17A / Article 10 / Section 4
§17A-10-4. Registration fees for vehicles equipped with other than pneumatic tires.
Status: in_force

Any vehicle subject to registration hereunder which is equipped with tires of a type other than pneumatic tires shall pay double the fee set forth in section three for vehicles of its class.
W. Va. Code § 17C-1-8 — WV Code / Chapter 17C / Article 1 / Section 8
§17C-1-8. Bicycle.
Status: in_force

"Bicycle" means every device which does not have a motor attached and which is propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels either of which is more than twenty inches in diameter.