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W. Va. Code § 18-11D-10 — WV Code / Chapter 18 / Article 11D / Section 10
§18-11D-10. Bonds and notes not debt of state, county, municipality or any political subdivision; expenses incurred pursuant to article.
Status: in_force

Bonds, refunding bonds and notes issued under the authority of this article and any coupons in connection therewith shall not constitute a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit or taxing power of the state or of any county, municipality or any other political subdivision of the state, and the holders and owners thereof shall have no right to have taxes levied by the Legislature or the taxing authority of any county, municipality or any other political subdivision of the state for the payment of the principal thereof or interest thereon, but such bonds and notes shall be payable solely from the revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by this article: Provided, That notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds or bonds being refunded may be paid from the proceeds of bonds which are payable solely from revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by this article. All such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds or notes, as to both principal and interest, are not debts of the state or any county, municipality or political subdivision thereof, but are payable solely from revenues and funds pledged for their payment.

All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this article shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this article. This article does not authorize the board to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any county, municipality or any other political subdivision.
W. Va. Code § 7-26-2 — WV Code / Chapter 7 / Article 26 / Section 2
§7-26-2. General powers and duties; legislative rules.
Status: in_force

(a) The bureau may enter into contracts regarding training and operation of state sheriffs’ offices. The bureau may recommend policies and procedures to sheriffs’ offices, including, but not limited to, those that promote cooperation between all state and local law-enforcement officers, eliminate duplication of work, promote the proper and efficient operation of the office of the sheriff, and which seek to standardize operations of sheriffs’ offices throughout the state. The bureau may propose legislative rules which adopt a standard badge, uniform, and color for the motor vehicles used by the various sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of West Virginia.

(b) The bureau may assist the sheriffs of each county of the state to provide Handle With Care program training to law-enforcement supervisors and patrols and to actively participate in and use all law enforcement-related components of the Handle With Care program to help trauma-inflicted children in the public or private school systems.
W. Va. Code § 19-11A-14 — WV Code / Chapter 19 / Article 11A / Section 14
§19-11A-14. Payment of fees.
Status: in_force

All fees, penalties or other moneys collected by the commissioner under the provisions of this article shall be paid into a special account and expended upon the order of the commissioner for the purpose of the enforcement and administration of this article.
W. Va. Code § 47-20-25 — WV Code / Chapter 47 / Article 20 / Section 25
§47-20-25. Filing of copy of license; application open to public inspection.
Status: in_force

Whenever a license is granted pursuant to this article, the commissioner shall cause a copy of the license to be filed and recorded with the clerk of the county commission of the county in which the bingo occasions are to be held. A copy of the application shall be made available for public inspection in the office of the commissioner.
W. Va. Code § 12-8-1 — WV Code / Chapter 12 / Article 8 / Section 1
§12-8-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the pension

liability redemption act.
W. Va. Code § 3-4A-16 — WV Code / Chapter 3 / Article 4A / Section 16
§3-4A-16. Delivery of vote-recording devices and electronic poll books; time, arrangement for voting.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the county commission shall deliver or cause to be delivered each vote-recording device, electronic poll book and the package of ballots to the polling place where they are to be employed. The delivery shall be made not less than one hour prior to the opening of the polls and in the presence of the precinct election commissioners. At the time of the delivery the device and electronic poll books are to be sealed to prevent any use prior to the opening of the polls and the ballots are to be packaged and sealed to prevent any tampering with the ballots. Immediately prior to the opening of the polls on election day, the sealed packages of ballots are to be opened, where applicable, and the seal of the vote-recording device and the seal of the electronic poll book is to be broken in the presence of the precinct election commissioners, who shall certify in writing signed by them to the clerk of the county commission that the devices, where applicable, and the ballots have been delivered in their presence, that the devices and packages of ballots were found to be sealed upon delivery and that the seals have been broken and the devices opened in their presence, as may be appropriate. The election commissioners shall then cause the vote-recording device and booth to be arranged so that the front of the vote-recording device will not be visible, when the vote-recording device is being operated, to any person other than the voter. The poll clerks shall ensure that the vote-recording device is placed in a location that maintains voter privacy through the entire period of voting.
W. Va. Code § 11-11-39 — WV Code / Chapter 11 / Article 11 / Section 39
§11-11-39. Effectiveness of this article.
Status: repealed

This article shall remain in force and effect until either one of the following events occurs:

(1) This article is repealed by the Legislature; or

(2) The government of the United States ceases to allow credit against its estate tax for payment of state death taxes.
W. Va. Code § 18A-1-2 — WV Code / Chapter 18A / Article 1 / Section 2
§18A-1-2. Repeal of inconsistent provisions.
Status: repealed

The provisions of any articles or parts of articles, of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
W. Va. Code § 48-5-106 — WV Code / Chapter 48 / Article 5 / Section 106
§48-5-106. Venue of actions for divorce.
Status: in_force

(a) If the respondent in an action for divorce is a resident of this state, the petitioner has an option to bring the action in the county in which the parties last cohabited or in the county where the respondent resides.

(b) If the respondent in an action for divorce is not a resident of this state, the petitioner has an option to bring the action in the county in which the parties last cohabited or in the county where the petitioner resides.
W. Va. Code § 19-1-4D — WV Code / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 4D
§19-1-4d. Farmland preservation fees fund.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a special revenue account within the state Treasury to be known as "Farmland Preservation Fees Fund". Expenditures from the fund shall be used exclusively by the commissioner of agriculture for the purpose of funding farmland preservation boards in any county which has adopted and implemented a farmland protection program pursuant to the farmland preservation act as enacted beginning with section seventy-two, article twenty-four, chapter eight of this code.
W. Va. Code § 46-2-322 — WV Code / Chapter 46 / Article 2 / Section 322
§46-2-322. Delivery "ex-ship."
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise agreed a term for delivery of goods "ex-ship" (which means from the carrying vessel) or in equivalent language is not restricted to a particular ship and requires delivery from a ship which has reached a place at the named port of destination where goods of the kind are usually discharged.

(2) Under such a term unless otherwise agreed

(a) the seller must discharge all liens arising out of the carriage and furnish the buyer with a direction which puts the carrier under a duty to deliver the goods; and

(b) the risk of loss does not pass to the buyer until the goods leave the ship's tackle or are otherwise properly unloaded.
W. Va. Code § 7-9-21 — WV Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 21
§7-9-21. Payment of fine.
Status: in_force

When a person is committed to such workhouse under sentence that he stand committed to such workhouse until the fine and costs of prosecution assessed against him are paid, as provided in section eighteen, such person may pay in money, in whole or in part, to the board of workhouse directors, such fine and costs assessed against him, and such board shall receive and turn the same, quarterly, into the treasury of the county from which such person was committed: Provided, That such person was so committed for the violation of any law of the state; and when any person so committed for the violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation shall make such payment to such board, it shall be its duty to receive and quarterly turn the same into the treasury of the municipal corporation from which such person was committed.
W. Va. Code § 21A-1-4 — WV Code / Chapter 21A / Article 1 / Section 4
§21A-1-4. Workforce West Virginia created; divisions within Workforce West Virginia created; certain terms defined; employer violator system.
Status: in_force

(a) There is continued an agency designated Workforce West Virginia, composed of:

(1) Division of Unemployment Compensation;

(2) Division of Employment Service;

(3) Division of Workforce Development;

(4) Division of Research, Information and Analysis; and

(5) Any other divisions or units that the executive director determines are necessary.

(b) Wherever within this chapter the term "department", "bureau" or "fund" is used, it shall be taken to mean Workforce West Virginia unless otherwise indicated. Any reference in this code to the Bureau of Employment Programs means Workforce West Virginia. Any reference in this code to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Employment Programs or Employment Security means the Executive Director of Workforce West Virginia.

(c) Workforce West Virginia shall be administered pursuant to subsection (b), section one, article two, chapter five-f of this code.

(d) The Executive Director of Workforce West Virginia shall establish an employer violator system to identify individuals and employers who are in default on any assessment, surcharge, tax or penalty owed to the fund. The employer violator system shall prohibit violators who own, control or have a ten percent or more ownership interest, or other ownership interest as may be defined by the executive director, in any company from obtaining or maintaining any license, certificate or permit issued by the state until the violator has paid all moneys owed to the fund or has entered into and remains in compliance with a repayment agreement. The employer violator system shall work cooperatively with all state agencies to maintain an accurate, up-to-date list of violators which shall be available in electronic format and online for agencies and the public. Before an employer is added to the violator list, he or she shall be given notice and an opportunity for an expedited administrative hearing. The executive director shall propose for promulgation emergency and legislative rules to effectuate this subsection.
W. Va. Code § 17B-1B-2 — WV Code / Chapter 17B / Article 1B / Section 2
§17B-1B-2. License application to contain space for donor.
Status: in_force

The commission shall provide space on every application for a driver's or chauffeur's license or renewal thereof in which the applicant may indicate his desire to have such marking on his driver's or chauffeur's license. In addition, any person whose license has not expired or who has already obtained a license may have such marking affixed by the commissioner upon request.
W. Va. Code § 19-30-9 — WV Code / Chapter 19 / Article 30 / Section 9
§19-30-9. State surplus buildings and equipment; availability to donated food banks.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the Department of Administration shall assist a food bank by locating and providing available state surplus buildings or equipment necessary for the operation of a donated food bank for use without charge.
W. Va. Code § 11-19-13 — WV Code / Chapter 11 / Article 19 / Section 13
§11-19-13. Effective date of repeal of article.
Status: repealed

Effective July 1, 2024, the provisions of this article shall become ineffective, and the entire article shall be repealed. The soft drink tax authorized for collection shall no longer be imposed or collected after that date.
W. Va. Code § 3-9-12 — WV Code / Chapter 3 / Article 9 / Section 12
§3-9-12. Improper influence and bribery by candidates; penalties.
Status: in_force

Whoever, being a candidate for any office, loans or gives, directly or indirectly, or offers or promises to loan, or give, any money, or other thing of value, to any elector, for the purpose of influencing or retaining the vote of such elector, or inducing such elector to work or labor for the election of such candidate, or to refrain from working or laboring for the election of any other candidate; or to any person to secure or to retain the influence or vote of such elector, in his behalf as such candidate, or to be used by such person in any way to influence the vote of any elector, or of electors generally, for himself or any candidate or ticket, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or confined in the county jail for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
W. Va. Code § 31A-4A-2 — WV Code / Chapter 31A / Article 4A / Section 2
§31A-4A-2. Procedure for conversion of national bank into state bank.
Status: in_force

(a) A converting institution shall file an application with the division on a form prescribed by the commissioner along with articles of incorporation, bylaws for the proposed state bank and a check for $2,500. The application shall declare that a majority of the converting institution's board of directors or other governing body has authorized the representatives of the converting institutions to make such application and to convert into a state bank.

(b) The application to convert to a West Virginia state bank shall be subject to the same requirements and procedures as established for a newly organizing state bank at sections five, six and seven, article four of this chapter.

(c) The examination and investigation by the board of Banking and Financial Institutions pursuant to section six, article four of this chapter shall include an examination of the safety and soundness of the applicant. The scope of the examination shall be determined at the discretion of the commissioner.
W. Va. Code § 11-13X-12 — WV Code / Chapter 11 / Article 13X / Section 12
§11-13X-12. Economic development; utilization of state locations, talent, and production companies.
Status: in_force

(a) The West Virginia Office of Economic Development, in consultation and coordination with the appropriate public and private entities, shall promote, foster, encourage, and monitor the development of the film industry in this state as part of its comprehensive economic development strategy for West Virginia and report recommendations for expanding the industry in the state to the Governor and the Joint Committee on Government and Finance annually on or before December 1.

(b) The West Virginia Office of Economic Development shall coordinate with property owners, musicians and other performers, and other managers of resources suitable for film production to develop a database of locations, music, and other resources available for incorporation into film projects. To the greatest feasible extent, the Economic Development Office shall establish methods for interface with national and international databases of these resources that are available to, or used by, film and video production teams in the identification and selection of location, music, and other resources. The Economic Development Office shall also implement means for property owners and for staff in the field to connect to the state’s database and to submit entries or nominations thereto.
W. Va. Code § 33-6-14 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 6 / Section 14
§33-6-14. Certain policy conditions, etc., voided.
Status: in_force

No policy delivered or issued for delivery in West Virginia and covering a subject of insurance resident, located, or to be performed in West Virginia, shall contain any condition, stipulation or agreement requiring such policy to be construed according to the laws of any other state or country, except as necessary to meet the requirements of the motor vehicle financial responsibility laws or compulsory disability benefit laws of such other state or country, or preventing the bringing of an action against any such insurer for more than six months after the cause of action accrues, or limiting the time within which an action may be brought to a period of less than two years from the time the cause of action accrues in connection with all insurances other than marine insurances; in marine policies such time shall not be limited to less than one year from the date of occurrence of the event resulting in the loss. Any such condition, stipulation or agreement shall be void, but such voidance shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of the policy. This section shall not apply to the standard fire insurance policy.
W. Va. Code § 49-1-104 — WV Code / Chapter 49 / Article 1 / Section 104
§49-1-104. West Virginia Code replacement; no increase of funding obligations to be construed.
Status: in_force

The Department of Human Services and the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety are not required to change any form or letter that contains a citation to this code that is changed or otherwise affected by the recodification.
W. Va. Code § 61-7-15 — WV Code / Chapter 61 / Article 7 / Section 15
§61-7-15. Persons prohibited from committing violent crime while wearing body armor; penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who wears or is otherwise equipped with body armor while committing a felony offense, an element of which is force, the threat of force, physical harm to another or the use or presentment of a firearm or other deadly weapon, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in a correctional facility for not less than two nor more than ten years or fined not more than $10,000, or both.

(b) As used in this section, “body armor” means a jacket, vest, or other similar apparel or device constructed to provide ballistic resistance to penetration and deformation and intended to protect the human torso against gunfire. The term may include, but is not limited to, apparel that incorporates inserts, or variations in construction of the ballistic panel over small areas of the torso, for the purpose of increasing the basic level of protection of the armor (whether ballistic or blunt trauma) on localized areas. Body armor may be constructed of Kevlar or other similar fabric and may be reinforced with other materials. Body armor may incorporate “threat” or “trauma” plates (which are inserts that fit into the vest that will stop more powerful rounds) or may, as “threat armor”, incorporate hard panels.
W. Va. Code § 38-5-6 — WV Code / Chapter 38 / Article 5 / Section 6
§38-5-6. Report by commissioner.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall return all questions and answers taken down in writing before or filed with him and shall report all of the proceedings under the preceding sections to the court in which the judgment is, or, if the judgment be before a justice, to the circuit court of the county in which such justice resides.
W. Va. Code § 31-15A-13 — WV Code / Chapter 31 / Article 15A / Section 13
§31-15A-13. Prohibition on funds inuring to the benefit of or being distributable to water development board; transactions between the water development board and officers having certain interests in such transactions.
Status: in_force

No part of the infrastructure fund or the West Virginia infrastructure revenue debt service fund shall inure to the benefit of or be distributable to the water development board directors or officers of the water development authority except that the water development authority is authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation, other than to members of the water development board, including the chairman, vice chairman, secretary-treasurer for services rendered and to make loans and exercise its other powers as previously specified in furtherance of its corporate purpose: Provided, That no loans shall be made, and no property shall be purchased or leased from, or sold, leased or otherwise disposed of, to any water development board member or officer of the water development authority.
W. Va. Code § 5-10B-4 — WV Code / Chapter 5 / Article 10B / Section 4
§5-10B-4. Responsibility for implementing plans -- Payroll reductions -- Billing and administration.
Status: in_force

(a) The responsibility for implementing the deferred compensation plan for employees of the state employer shall be delegated to the board of trustees through June 30, 2006. On July 1, 2006, the Treasurer shall manage any deferred compensation plan for state employees. Any and all records, moneys, contracts, property and other matters involving deferred compensation plans for state employees shall transfer on July 1, 2006, to the Treasurer.

(b) The responsibility for implementing the deferred compensation plan for employees of a public employer is delegated to the county commission of a county, the governing body of a municipality, as that term is defined in section two, article one, chapter eight of this code, and, in the case of any other political subdivision, the board, commission or other similar body responsible for determining the policy of such political subdivision. A county commission or a governing body of another public employer may request the Treasurer authorize its employees to participate in the state plan instead of implementing its own plan.

(c) If the governing body has adopted more than one plan, an employee electing to participate shall also elect the plan or plans in which he or she desires to participate. When a public employer has not implemented a plan, its employees may participate in the state plan.

(d) Payroll reductions shall be remitted as specified by the state employer or public employer for deposit in the trust, in each instance, by the appropriate payroll officer. The board of trustees, the Treasurer or appropriately designated local officer, board or committee of deferred compensation plan may contract with one or more vendors to provide consolidated billing and all or any other goods and services needed for a plan.

(e) Plans shall operate without cost to or contribution from the state employer or public employer except for the incidental expense of administering the payroll salary reductions and the remittance thereof.

(f) The state employer and the public employers may charge fees on plan contributions, total assets, total return or other selected method as necessary to provide for the administrative expenses of a plan.