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W. Va. Code § 16-1-12 — WV Code / Chapter 16 / Article 1 / Section 12
§16-1-12. Receipt and disbursement of federal aid and other moneys for health purposes.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may accept, receive, and receipt for federal moneys and other moneys, either public or private, for and on behalf of this state or any county or municipality of this state, for public health purposes, or for the establishment or construction of public health facilities, whether the work is to be done by the state, or by the county or municipality, or jointly, aided by grants of aid from the United States, upon such terms and conditions as are, or may be, prescribed by the laws of the United States and regulations made thereunder. The commissioner may act as the agent of the state or any of its agencies, or of any county or municipality of this state, upon the request of any agency of the state or of any county or municipality, in accepting, receiving and receipting for the moneys in its behalf, for public health facilities financed either, in whole or in part, by federal moneys.

(b) The state, any agency of the state, or any county or municipality may, designate the commissioner as its agent for the purposes set forth in subsection (a) of this section and the agency, county, or municipality may enter into an agreement with the commissioner prescribing the terms and conditions of the agency in accordance with federal laws and regulations, and with the laws of this state. The moneys paid over by the United States government shall be retained by the state or paid over to the counties or municipalities under the terms and conditions imposed by the United States government in making the grants.

(c) All moneys accepted for disbursement pursuant to this section shall be deposited by the commissioner in the State Treasury, and unless otherwise prescribed by the authority from which the money is received, kept in separate funds, designated according to the purpose for which the moneys were made available, and held by the state in trust for those purposes. All moneys are hereby appropriated for the purposes for which the moneys were made available and shall be expended in accordance with federal laws and regulations and with the laws of this state. The commissioner may, whether acting for the state or one of its agencies, or as the agency for any county or municipality, when requested by the United States government or any agency or department of the United States government, or when requested by the state, a state agency, or any county or municipality for which the moneys have been made available, disburse the moneys for the designated purposes, but this shall not include any other authorized method of disbursement.
W. Va. Code § 18-2D-4 — WV Code / Chapter 18 / Article 2D / Section 4
§18-2D-4. County boards of education authorized to participate.
Status: in_force

Each county board of education in this state is hereby authorized, but not obligated, to coordinate a community education program within its county.
W. Va. Code § 8A-12-20 — WV Code / Chapter 8A / Article 12 / Section 20
§8A-12-20. Authorization for commissioner of agriculture to promulgate proposed rules.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of agriculture may propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the provisions of this article.
W. Va. Code § 18-30-10 — WV Code / Chapter 18 / Article 30 / Section 10
§18-30-10. Reports and account; annual audit.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other requirements of this article, the board shall:

(1) Provide annual statements on the savings plan accounts to the respective account owners; and

(2) Prepare, or have prepared, a quarterly report on the status of the program, including the trust funds and the administrative account, and provide a copy of the report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance and the Legislative Oversight commission on education accountability.

(b) All accounts of the board, including the trust funds, are subject to an annual external audit by an accounting firm, selected by the board, of which all members or partners assigned to head the audit are members of the American institute of certified public accountants. The audit shall comply with the requirements of §5A-2-33 of this code.
W. Va. Code § 15-1E-146 — WV Code / Chapter 15 / Article 1E / Section 146
§15-1E-146. Short title.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the "Uniform State Code of Military Justice (USCMJ)."
W. Va. Code § 12-3A-7 — WV Code / Chapter 12 / Article 3A / Section 7
§12-3A-7. Method of sale or disposal of personal property.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this code to the contrary, the Treasurer, or any other state spending unit that has the authority to sell or dispose of personal property in its possession, may do so by using electronic commerce.

(b) The sale of property by the Treasurer, or other state spending unit, by using electronic commerce is, for all purposes, deemed a sale of personal property within the State of West Virginia.
W. Va. Code § 21A-2D-1 — WV Code / Chapter 21A / Article 2D / Section 1
§21A-2D-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity Act. For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context in which they are used clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) “Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation” means the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as defined in §15A-3-2 of this code.

(2) “Department of Commerce” means the Department of Commerce, as defined in §5B-1-1 of this code.

(3) “New hire records” means any available directory of newly hired and re-hired employees reported under state and federal law and managed by the state Department of Commerce.

(4) “Unemployment insurance enrollment” means the list of all jobless workers receiving unemployment insurance at a given moment in time.

(5) “Commissioner” means the Workforce West Virginia Commissioner, formerly known as the Bureau of Employment Programs’ Commissioner, as defined in §21A-1A-12 of this code.

(6) “Bureau” means Workforce West Virginia, formerly known as the Bureau of Employment Programs, as defined in §21A-1-4 of this code.
W. Va. Code § 62-11C-5 — WV Code / Chapter 62 / Article 11C / Section 5
§62-11C-5. Establishment of programs.
Status: in_force

(a) Any county or combination of counties, or a county or counties and a Class I or II municipality, may establish and operate community corrections programs, as provided in this section, to be used both prior to trial as a condition of bond in circuit and magistrate court, as well as an alternative sentencing option for those offenders sentenced within the jurisdiction of the county or counties which establish and operate the program: Provided, That the chief judge must certify that the community corrections facility is available for use in connection with the imposition of pretrial bond conditions.

(b) Any county or combination of counties, or a county or counties and a Class I or II municipality, that seek to establish programs as authorized in this section shall submit plans and specifications for the programs to be established, including proposed budgets, for review and approval by the community corrections subcommittee established in section three of this article.

(c) Any county or combination of counties, or a county or counties and a Class I or II municipality, may establish and operate an approved community corrections program to provide alternative sanctioning options for an offender who is convicted of an offense for which he or she may be sentenced to a period of incarceration in a county or regional jail or a state correctional facility and for which probation or home incarceration may be imposed as an alternative to incarceration.

(d) Community corrections programs authorized by subsection (a) of this section may provide, but are not limited to providing, any of the following services:

(1) Probation supervision programs;

(2) Community service restitution programs;

(3) Home incarceration programs;

(4) Substance abuse treatment programs;

(5) Sex offender containment programs;

(6) Licensed domestic violence offender treatment programs;

(7) Day reporting centers;

(8) Educational or counseling programs;

(9) Drug courts;

(10) Community beautification and reclamation programs for state highways, municipal, county and state parks and recreation areas and community gardens; and

(11) Pretrial release programs.

(e) A county or combination of counties, or a county or counties and a Class I or II municipality, which establish and operate community corrections programs as provided in this section may contract with other counties to provide community corrections services.

(f) For purposes of this section, the phrase "may be sentenced to a period of incarceration" means that the statute defining the offense provides for a period of incarceration as a possible penalty.

(g) No provision of this article may be construed to allow a person participating in or under the supervision of a community corrections program to earn good time or any other reduction in sentence.

(h) Nothing in this section should be construed as to prohibit a court from imposing a surety bond as a condition of a pretrial release.
W. Va. Code § 31-9-15 — WV Code / Chapter 31 / Article 9 / Section 15
§31-9-15. Held unconstitutional.
Status: in_force

§31-9-15.

Held unconstitutional.
W. Va. Code § 55-21-15 — WV Code / Chapter 55 / Article 21 / Section 15
§55-21-15. Engagement and compensation of professional.
Status: in_force

(a) With court approval, a receiver may engage an attorney, accountant, appraiser, auctioneer, broker, or other professional to assist the receiver in performing a duty or exercising a power of the receiver. The receiver shall disclose to the court:

(1) The identity and qualifications of the professional;

(2) The scope and nature of the proposed engagement;

(3) Any potential conflict of interest; and

(4) The proposed compensation.

(b) A person is not disqualified from engagement under this section solely because of the person’s engagement by, representation of, or other relationship with the receiver, a creditor, or a party. This article does not prevent the receiver from serving in the receivership as an attorney, accountant, auctioneer, or broker when authorized by law.

(c) A receiver or professional engaged under subsection (a) of this section shall file with the court an itemized statement of the time spent, work performed, and billing rate of each person that performed the work and an itemized list of expenses. The receiver shall pay the amount approved by the court.
W. Va. Code § 31-15A-23 — WV Code / Chapter 31 / Article 15A / Section 23
§31-15A-23. Infrastructure revenue bonds not debt of state, county, municipality or any political subdivision.
Status: in_force

Infrastructure revenue bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this article shall not constitute a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit or taxing power of this state or of any county, municipality or any other political subdivision of this state. The holders or 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 this state for the payment of the principal thereof or interest thereon. The bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by this article. All such bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds, 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.
W. Va. Code § 21A-8A-11 — WV Code / Chapter 21A / Article 8A / Section 11
§21A-8A-11. Requirements of loan.
Status: in_force

(a) A loan made by the Board of Investments from the consolidated fund or the consolidated pension fund under the provisions of this article will bear interest at a rate determined by the Board of Investments not to exceed seven percent per annum. At the discretion of the Board of Investments, a loan made under the provisions of this article may be renewed if prevailing economic and financial conditions in the marketplace would permit such renewal to be prudently made: Provided, That any such renewal notes shall not be issued by the commissioner which would mature after the date on which the original notes would have otherwise matured.

(b) The date of maturity of notes issued by the commissioner shall, in all cases, be determined by the Board of Investments, consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities.
W. Va. Code § 17-4-45 — WV Code / Chapter 17 / Article 4 / Section 45
§17-4-45. Same -- Local service roads and streets.
Status: in_force

In connection with the development of any controlled-access facility the state road commissioner is authorized to plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain and vacate local service roads and streets or to designate as local service roads and streets any existing road or street, and to exercise jurisdiction over said local service roads as a part of the state road system, in the same manner as is authorized over controlled-access facilities under the terms of this article, if, in his opinion, such local service roads and streets are necessary or desirable. Such local service roads or streets shall be of appropriate design, and shall be separated from the controlled-access facility proper by all devices designated as necessary or desirable by the commissioner.
W. Va. Code § 48-1-213 — WV Code / Chapter 48 / Article 1 / Section 213
§48-1-213. Combined adjusted gross income defined.
Status: in_force

"Combined adjusted gross income" means the combined monthly adjusted gross incomes of both parents.
W. Va. Code § 33-25-10 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 25 / Section 10
§33-25-10. Examination of corporation; report of examination; objections to report; access to books, records, etc.; removal of records, etc., from state.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner or his or her accredited examiners may at any reasonable time and shall, at least once every five years, visit each health care corporation and thoroughly examine its financial condition and methods of doing business and ascertain whether it has complied with all of the laws and rules of this state. All expenses of each such examination conducted shall be borne by such corporation. The commissioner shall make a full written report of each such examination of the corporation, certified to by the commissioner or the examiner in charge of such examinations. The commissioner shall furnish a copy of the report to the corporation examined not less than thirty days prior to filing the same in his or her office. If such corporation so requests in writing, within such thirty-day period, the commissioner shall consider the objections of such corporation to the report as proposed and shall not so file the report until after such modifications, if any, have been made therein as the commissioner deems proper. The report, when filed, shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding brought by the commissioner against the corporation examined, or its officers or agents, and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. The commissioner or his or her examiners may at any time testify and offer other proper evidence as to information secured during the course of an examination, whether or not a written report of the examination has at that time been either made, served or filed in the commissioner's office.

(b) For such purposes the commissioner, his or her deputies and employees shall have free access to all books, records, papers, documents and correspondence of any such corporation and such books, records, papers, documents and records shall be and remain in the State of West Virginia. The licenses of said corporation shall be automatically revoked if such books, records, papers, documents and records are taken outside the State of West Virginia without the prior written approval of the commissioner.

(c) The commissioner shall revoke the license of any such corporation which refuses to submit to such examination.
W. Va. Code § 15-6-6 — WV Code / Chapter 15 / Article 6 / Section 6
§15-6-6. State armory board -- Powers.
Status: in_force

The board is hereby authorized and empowered:

(a) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business.

(b) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure.

(c) To sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded: Provided, however, That any and all actions at law or in equity against the board shall be brought only in the county in which the principal office of the board is located.

(d) To construct, maintain, repair and operate and dispose of armories and armory projects at such locations within the state as may be determined by the board.

(e) To issue armory board revenue bonds of the State of West Virginia payable solely from revenues, for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or more armory projects.

(f) To contract and to acquire in the name of the state by purchase or otherwise on such terms and in such manner as it may deem proper, or by the exercise of the right of condemnation in the manner hereinafter provided, such public or private lands, including public parks or reservations, or parts thereof or rights therein, rights of way, property, rights, easements and interests, as it may deem necessary for carrying out the provisions of this article; and to dispose of the same in accordance with the law: Provided, however, That no compensation shall be paid for public lands owned by the state or any subdivision thereof so taken and that all public property damaged in carrying out the powers granted by this article, shall be restored or repaired and placed in its original condition as nearly as practicable.

(g) To acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of its powers and for its corporate purposes.

(h) To appoint officers and agents and to fix their compensation.

(i) To make and execute all contracts, agreements and other instruments necessary or incident to the performance of its duties and for its corporate purposes.

(j) To receive and accept from any federal agency grants for or in aid of armory projects, and to receive and accept aid or contributions of either money, property, labor or other things of value, from any source including counties, municipalities, boards of education and other political subdivisions or agencies of the state.

(k) To charge rent for the use of any armory or armory project, or any part thereof, subject to and in accordance with such agreements with bondholders as may be made as hereinafter provided.

(l) To enter upon any lands or premises for the purposes of making surveys, soundings and examinations.

(m) To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers granted in this article, including the management and use of armories and armory projects not inconsistent with their use by the state for armory purposes as defined herein.
W. Va. Code § 33-16B-1 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 16B / Section 1
§33-16B-1. Filing and approval of accident and sickness rates.
Status: in_force

Premium rate charges for any individual or group accident and sickness insurance policy, certificate or other evidence of insurance issued, endorsed or delivered in this state shall be filed with the Commissioner for a waiting period of sixty days before the charges become effective. At the expiration of sixty days the premium rate charges filed are deemed approved unless prior thereto the charges have been affirmatively approved or disapproved by the Commissioner.

The Commissioner shall disapprove accident and health insurance premium rates which are not in compliance with the requirements of this chapter or any rule promulgated by the Commissioner pursuant to section two of this article. The Commissioner shall send written notice of the disapproval to the insurer. The Commissioner may approve the premium rates before the sixty-day period expires by giving written notice of approval.
W. Va. Code § 47-21-18 — WV Code / Chapter 47 / Article 21 / Section 18
§47-21-18. Fraud; penalties.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other offense set forth in this code, any person who or licensee which knowingly conducts or participates in a fraudulently or deceptively conducted raffle with intent to defraud is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $10,000, or imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one, nor more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.
W. Va. Code § 28-1-4 — WV Code / Chapter 28 / Article 1 / Section 4
§28-1-4. Conveyance of boys; expenses.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after a youth, on any account, is committed to the custody of the state commissioner of public institutions, the papers in the case shall be mailed to the superintendent of the receiving youth facility, and such youth shall remain in the custody of the court pronouncing such commitment until he be delivered to an officer of the receiving youth facility, who shall be sent without delay and duly authorized by the superintendent to conduct such youth by the most direct and convenient route to said facility; but no youth committed to any facility shall be lodged in any jail or lockup, if he be under the age of sixteen years. The superintendent of a facility shall, insofar as is consistent with the safe conveyance of youths to the facility, cause as many youths as may be committed from the same or several counties to be conducted to the facility at the same time. The expense incurred in conducting a youth to a youth facility, including transportation and other necessary traveling expenses of the youth and of his conductor, shall be paid by the county court out of the treasury of the county from which the youth was committed to the facility, and a written statement of such necessary expenditures, fully itemized and sworn to by the officer making such expenditures, and attested by the superintendent of the facility, when presented to any county court, shall be a bill against such court, to be paid to the receiving facility and credited to that fund of the facility from which the original expenditure was made; but when two or more youths shall be so conducted from more than one county, the necessary expenditure on the personal account of the conductor shall be apportioned among the counties concerned in due proportion to the mileage traveled by the youths from their respective counties.
W. Va. Code § 61-12A-3 — WV Code / Chapter 61 / Article 12A / Section 3
§61-12A-3. Access to information; other agencies of government required to cooperate.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the Fatality and Mortality Review Team may request information and records as necessary to carry out its responsibilities. Records and information that may be requested under this section include:

(1) Medical, dental, and mental health records;

(2) Substance abuse records to the extent allowed by federal law; and

(3) Information and records maintained by any state, county, and local government agency, except as provided in §61-12A-2(b) of this code.

(b) State, county, and local government agencies shall provide the Fatality and Mortality Review Team with any information requested in writing.
W. Va. Code § 61-11-11 — WV Code / Chapter 61 / Article 11 / Section 11
§61-11-11. Offense committed on county boundary.
Status: in_force

An offense committed on the boundary of any two counties may be alleged to have been committed, and may be prosecuted and punished, in either county.