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WV Code § 12-9-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 12. Public Moneys and Securities|Article 9. Savings and Investment Program Fulfillment Fund|§12-9-1. Special Revenue Account Continued

There is continued in the State Treasury the special revenue account, designated the West Virginia Savings and Investment Program Fulfillment Fund, previously authorized by 18-30-6a of this code. The fund shall be administered by the State Treasurer for the purposes described in this article.
WV Code § 12-9-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 12. Public Moneys and Securities|Article 9. Savings and Investment Program Fulfillment Fund|§12-9-2. Receipts and Expenditures

(a) The West Virginia Savings and Investment Program Fulfillment Fund shall consist of all moneys in the fund on the effective date of this section, any moneys that may be appropriated to the fund by the Legislature, all interest or other return earned or received from investment of the fund; any moneys which the fund is authorized to receive under any provision of this code for the purposes of this article, and all gifts, grants, bequests, or transfers made to the fund from any source. (b) The State Treasurer may expend moneys in the West Virginia Savings and Investment Program Fulfillment Fund for costs to implement or administer any savings or investment program with an initial date of operation occurring on or after July 1, 2021, including, but not limited to, the Hope Scholarship Program, established in 18-31-1 et seq. of this code, and Jumpstart Savings Program, established in 18-30A-1 et seq. of this code. Any balance, including accrued interest and other returns, remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the General Revenue Fund but shall remain in the fund to be expended as authorized by this article.
WV Code § 12-9-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 12. Public Moneys and Securities|Article 9. Savings and Investment Program Fulfillment Fund|§12-9-3. Investment of Fund

The State Treasurer is authorized to invest and reinvest moneys in the fund, and all interest and earnings of the fund shall accrue to the fund and be available for expenditure in accordance with this article.
WV Code § 13-1-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-1. Political Divisions Authorized to Issue and Sell Bonds

Any county, by and through its county court, either for and on behalf of the county or for and on behalf of any magisterial district, or group of magisterial districts therein; any municipal corporation, by and through its council or other governing body in lieu thereof; or any school district, or any independent school district, by and through its Board of Education or other fiscal body in lieu thereof, may issue and sell its bonds, in the manner and subject to the limitations and conditions hereinafter contained in this article.
WV Code § 13-1-1a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-1a. Exemption From Interest Rate Ceilings

Notwithstanding any other provision in this code to the contrary, any municipality, county or state agency shall be free of interest rate restrictions when obtaining loans from the farmers home administration, housing and urban development and the economic development authority where such loans are made from federal moneys and are made for public projects. It is the intention of the Legislature that the political subdivisions of this state take maximum possible advantage of federal programs and financing alternatives where such would be in the best interests of this state.
WV Code § 13-1-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-3. Amount and Purpose of Indebtedness for Which Bonds May Be Issued

No political division authorized by this article to issue bonds, except county boards of education, shall by any bond issue, become indebted to an amount, including all other indebtedness, exceeding two and one-half percent of the value of the taxable property therein, as shown by the last assessment thereof, for state and county purposes, next prior to the issuing of such bonds: Provided, That any county for the erection and equipment of a courthouse and/or jail for such county, with funds borrowed from the government of the United States or any governmental agency, federal or state, and any municipal corporation of three hundred inhabitants or more, for the purpose of grading, paving, sewering, and otherwise improving or reimproving its streets and alleys, or for establishing and maintaining a library or museum for the public use, or a building or structure for educational purposes, or acquiring a recreation park for the public use, or for acquiring, constructing, furnishing, equipping and maintaining civic arenas, Auditoriums, exhibition halls and theaters, may become indebted and issue bonds in an additional sum not exceeding two and one-half percent of the value of the taxable property therein, ascertained as aforesaid: Provided, however, That no county board of education authorized by this article to issue bonds, shall, by any bond issue, become indebted, in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount, including all other indebtedness, in the aggregate, exceeding five percent on the value of the taxable property therein, in the county school district to be ascertained by the last assessment for state and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness, in the manner provided by the "School Bond Amendment," as ratified.The term "sewering" as used herein shall be treated in a comprehensive sense, so as to include all mains, laterals, connections, traps, incinerating and disposal plants, and other necessary and convenient accessories to a modern sanitary and efficient sewerage system and shall include storm sewers.The county court of any county is hereby authorized and empowered to negotiate and sell to the government of the United States or to any governmental agency, federal or state, at private sale, at not less than par any bonds issued for the purpose of erecting and equipping a courthouse or other public buildings for such county, under and by virtue of this article, without first offering them for sale at public auction, or to any other person or agency.
WV Code § 13-1-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-5. Engineer's Estimate

Before ordering an election on the question of issuing bonds to construct a county-district road or bridge, whether acting on its own motion or on petition, the county court shall instruct the county road engineer, or some other engineer designated by it for the purpose, to make an investigation and furnish to the court an estimate of the probable cost of the proposed improvement.
WV Code § 13-1-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-6. Bonds May Be Specified for More Than One Purpose; Single or General Purpose Defined

The order or ordinance submitting the proposition of issuing bonds to a vote may specify more than one purpose for which bonds are to be issued: Provided, That the amount of the proceeds of the issue to be used for each purpose shall also be specified therein: Provided further, That all expenditures, including but not limited to expenditures for the acquisition of sites, the construction, erection, equipping and furnishing of one or more buildings, structures, improvements or facilities, or group of buildings, structures, improvements or facilities, and the relocation, alteration, renovation or enlargement of any existing buildings, structures, improvements or facilities, or group of buildings, structures, improvements or facilities, for the same general purpose shall be construed to be a single purpose within the meaning of this section. It shall not be necessary to specify in the order or ordinance submitting the proposition the amount of the proceeds of such bond issue to be used for each such site, building, structure, improvement or facility, or group of buildings, structures, improvements or facilities, which are a part of the same general purpose and it shall be sufficient compliance with this section if such order or ordinance state only the general purposes for which bonds are to be issued and the amount of the proceeds of such issue to be used for each such general purpose.
WV Code § 13-1-6a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-6a. When Proceeds of Bond Issue Specified for One Project May Be Used for Another Project

If the order or ordinance submitting the proposition of issuing bonds to a vote specifies several projects within the same general purpose and the amount of the proceeds of such issue to be used for each project and for any reason one or more of said projects cannot be constructed, carried out, or completed, the amount of money specified for such projects and any sums remaining unused upon completion of any one of the specified projects may be allocated by the governing body in its discretion to and expended for any one or more of the remaining projects specified in said order or ordinance if said order or ordinance of submission shall contain a provision authorizing it to do so.
WV Code § 13-1-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-7. When Election to Be Held

Elections for the purpose of voting upon questions of issuing bonds may be held at any general, primary, or special election which the fiscal body in its order submitting the same to a vote may designate, except that, when a petition is filed asking that bonds be issued, the fiscal body with which the same is filed, if it be not designated in the petition that the election shall be held at a general or primary election, shall order a special election to be held within sixty days from the date of the filing of such petition; or, if it be a petition for bonds for the construction of county-district roads or bridges thereon, the election shall be held within sixty days from the filing of the engineer's report as provided for in section five of this article.
WV Code § 13-1-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-8. Publication of Notice of Election

Notice of all bond elections shall be given by publication, within fourteen consecutive days next preceding the date of the election, of the order provided for in section four of this article as a Class II-O legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the political division in which the election is to be held.
WV Code § 13-1-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-9. Registration of Voters

The registration of voters and the use of registration books prescribed by general law shall be applicable to any election under this chapter.
WV Code § 13-1-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-10. Election Precincts

Elections for bond issues for counties, districts and school districts shall be held at the voting precincts established for holding general elections; for municipalities, at the precincts established for the election of municipal officers; and for independent school districts, at the precincts used for voting for boards of education.
WV Code § 13-1-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-11. General Election Laws to Apply; Recorders and Secretaries to Act in Lieu of Circuit Clerks

All the provisions of the general election laws of this state concerning general, primary or special elections, when not in conflict with the provisions of this article, shall apply to bond elections hereunder, insofar as practicable: Provided, That in bond elections for municipalities, school or independent school districts, the recorders and secretaries, respectively, shall procure and furnish to the election commissioners at each voting precinct the ballots, pollbooks, tally sheets and other things necessary for conducting the election, and perform all duties imposed by law upon clerks of the circuit courts in relation to general elections.
WV Code § 13-1-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-12. Form of Ballot

The ballots to be used at elections under this article shall be in substantially the following form:"Shall ................... (name of political division) incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of $............, to run not more than ............ years from the date thereof, with interest not exceeding the rate of ........ percent per annum, for the purpose of ............, and levy taxes sufficient to pay the interest on and the principal of such bonds./ / Yes./ / No.NOTICE TO VOTERS: To vote in favor of the proposition submitted on this ballot, place an X mark in the square before the word "Yes."To vote against it, place a similar mark before the word "No."
WV Code § 13-1-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-13. Time and Manner of Canvassing Returns

The authorities calling bond elections shall canvass the returns at the same time with reference to the election and in the same manner as is required of county commissions for general elections: Provided, That the county commission is the board of canvassers to canvass the returns of bond elections called by the board of education.
WV Code § 13-1-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-14. Resolution Authorizing Issuance and Fixing Terms of Bonds

If the required amount of all the votes, pursuant to section four of this article, cast for and against the proposition to incur debt and issue negotiable bonds is in favor of the same, the governing body of the political division shall, by resolution, authorize the issuance of the bonds in an amount not exceeding the amount stated in the proposition; establish the maximum rate or rates of interest which the bonds shall bear within the maximum rate stated in the proposition submitted to vote; require that the bonds shall be made payable at the office of the Municipal Bond Commission and at any other place or places as the body issuing the same designates; provide for a sufficient levy to pay the annual interest on the bonds and the principal at maturity; fix the times within the maximum period, as contained in the proposition submitted to vote, when the bonds shall become payable, which shall not exceed thirty-four years from the date thereof; determine whether all or a portion of the bonds will be subject to redemption prior to the maturity thereof; and prescribe a form for executing the bonds authorized.
WV Code § 13-1-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-15. Bonds to Be Payable in Annual or Semiannual Installments

Bonds shall be made payable in annual or semiannual installments beginning not more than three years after the date thereof and the amount payable in each year may be so fixed that when the annual interest is added to the principal amount to be paid, the total amount payable in each year in which part of the principal is payable shall be as nearly equal as practicable. Once principal payments commence, it shall be an immaterial variance if the difference between the largest and smallest amounts of principal and interest payable annually or semiannually during the term of the bonds shall not exceed five percent of the total authorized issue. Bonds may be payable in annual or semiannual installments beginning not more than three years after the date thereof, each installment being as nearly equal in principal amount as practicable.
WV Code § 13-1-15a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-15a. Bonds May Be Subject to Redemption

All or a portion of the bonds may be subject to redemption prior to the maturity thereof at the option of the body issuing the same as established by resolution of the governing body authorizing the bonds. The body issuing the bonds may not levy taxes in connection with the redemption of any bonds in excess of the taxes that would have been levied for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds in any year.
WV Code § 13-1-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-16. Recital of Certification That Bonds Are Issued in Conformity With Constitution and Statutes; Effect Thereof With Attorney General's Endorsement

The resolution authorizing the bonds provided for in section fourteen of this article may direct that they contain the following recital:"It is certified that this bond is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution and Statutes of the State of West Virginia."The recital, when the bonds have been endorsed by the Attorney General as provided in section twenty-eight of this article, are considered an authorized declaration by the governing body of the political division and to import that there is Constitutional and statutory authority for incurring the debts and issuing the bonds; that all the proceedings therefor are regular; that all the acts, conditions and things required to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the issuance of the bonds have existed, happened and been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law; that the amount of the bond and the issue of which it forms a part, together with all other indebtedness, does not exceed any limit or limits prescribed by the Constitution or statutes of this state; and that all questions connected with incurring the debt and issuing the bonds have been first submitted to a vote of the people and have received the required amount of all the votes, pursuant to section four of this article, cast for and against the same at an election regularly called and held for the purpose after notice published and posted in the manner required by law. If any bond be issued containing the recital, and also containing the endorsement of the Attorney General as aforesaid, it shall be conclusively presumed that the recital, construed according to the import hereby declared, is true and neither the political division nor any taxpayer thereof shall be permitted to question the validity or regularity of the obligation in any court or in any action or proceeding.
WV Code § 13-1-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-17. Bonds Shall Be Registered

The bonds issued hereunder shall be issued only in fully registered form and shall carry registration privileges as set forth in the resolution authorizing the bonds.
WV Code § 13-1-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-19. Signing, Sealing and Delivery of Bonds

All bonds issued under this article by any county shall be signed by the president of the county commission and countersigned by the clerk of the county commission; bonds issued by any municipality shall be signed by the mayor or other chief executive and countersigned by the clerk, recorder or secretary; bonds issued by a county board of education shall be signed by the president of the Board of Education and countersigned by the secretary thereof. The seal of the political division shall be affixed to the bonds. The delivery of any bonds so executed at any time thereafter shall be valid, although before the date of delivery the person signing the bonds shall have ceased to hold office.
WV Code § 13-1-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-20. Imposition and Collection of Tax to Pay Bonds and Interest

It shall be the duty of the governing body of any political division, at or before the time of issuing bonds under this article, to provide for the imposition and collection annually of a tax, in excess of all other taxes, on all property subject to taxation by the political division under the Constitution and laws of this state, sufficient in amount to pay annually the interest on such debt and the principal thereof falling due in each year, such tax to be levied and collected by the same officers, at the same time and in the same manner as the general taxes of the political division. Should any political division neglect or fail for any reason to impose or collect such tax for the payment of the principal or interest of any bonded indebtedness incurred under this article, any person in interest or the State Tax Commissioner may enforce the imposition and collection thereof in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter, and any suit, action or proceeding brought for such purpose shall be heard and disposed of with reasonable dispatch.
WV Code § 13-1-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-21. Advertisement and Sale of Bonds

The governing body of the political division issuing bonds pursuant to this article shall sell the same and collect the proceeds, which proceeds shall be deposited with its treasurer. The governing body of the political division shall advertise such bonds for sale, on sealed bids or electronic bids if the governing body elects to utilize an electronic bidding procedure, which advertisement shall be published as a Class II legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code and the publication area for the publication shall be the political division. The first publication shall be made at least fourteen days before the date fixed for the reception of bids. The advertisement shall also be published in the Bond Buyer or similar publication and the advertisement may be published electronically: Provided, That all advertisements required by this section may consist of an abbreviated notice of the sale of the bonds. The governing body may reject any and all bids. If the bonds are not sold pursuant to the advertisement, they may, within one hundred twenty days after the date advertised for the reception of bids, be sold by the governing body at private sale, but no private sale shall be made at a price less than the highest bid which is received. If not sold, the bonds shall be readvertised in the manner herein provided. In no event shall bonds be sold for less than their par value.
WV Code § 13-1-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness|Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness|§13-1-22. Purposes for Which Proceeds to Be Used; Purchaser Need Not See to Application Thereof

The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds shall be used only for the purpose or purposes for which the bonds were issued as set out in the order or ordinance submitting the question to vote, but the purchaser of the bonds shall not be obliged to see to the application thereof.