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WV Code § 7-12-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 12. County and Municipal Development Authorities|§7-12-11. Participation and Appropriations Authorized; Transfers and Conveyances of Property

The governing body of a municipality and county commission are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint members of the said authority and the county commission and any municipality therein, or any one or more of them, jointly and severally, are hereby authorized and empowered to contribute by appropriation from their respective general funds not otherwise appropriated to the cost of the operation and projects of the authority.The county commission of the county or municipal corporations therein are hereby authorized and empowered to transfer and convey to the said authority property of any kind acquired by said county commission or municipal corporation for or adaptable to use in industrial, economic and recreational development, such transfers or conveyances to be without consideration or for such price and upon such terms and conditions as the said county commission or municipal corporation deems proper.
WV Code § 7-12-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 12. County and Municipal Development Authorities|§7-12-12. Contributions by County Commissions, Municipalities and Others; Funds and Accounts; Reports; Audit and Examination of Books, Records and Accounts

Contributions may be made to the authority from time to time by the county commission of the county or any municipal corporation therein, and by any persons, firms or corporations which shall desire to do so. All such funds and all other funds received by the authority shall be deposited in such bank or banks as the authority may direct and shall be withdrawn therefrom in such manner as the authority may direct. The authority shall keep strict account of all its receipts and expenditures and shall each quarter make a quarterly report to the county commission and municipalities containing an itemized statement of its receipts and disbursements during the preceding quarter. Within sixty days after the end of each fiscal year, the authority shall make an annual report containing an itemized statement of its receipts and disbursements for the preceding year, and such annual report shall be published as a Class I 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 county in which the development authority is located. The books, records and accounts of the authority shall be subject to audit and examination by the office of the State Tax Commissioner of West Virginia and by any other proper public official or body in the manner provided by law.
WV Code § 7-12-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 12. County and Municipal Development Authorities|§7-12-13. Sale or Lease of Property; Reversion of Assets Upon Dissolution

In the event the board of the authority shall so determine, the authority may lease or sell all of its property and equipment, either by contract or at public auction, on such terms and conditions as the authority may fix and determine. Upon the dissolution of the authority, all of its assets and property shall revert to and become the property of the county or municipality for which said authority was created.The amendment of this section in the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, is intended to clarify the intent of the Legislature as to the manner in which an authority may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of real and personal property owned by an authority, and shall be retroactive to the date of the prior enactment of this section.
WV Code § 7-12-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 12. County and Municipal Development Authorities|§7-12-14. Employees to Be Covered by Workers' Compensation

All employees of the authority eligible thereto are deemed to be within the Workers' Compensation Act of West Virginia, and premiums on their compensation shall be paid by the authority as required by law.
WV Code § 7-12-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 12. County and Municipal Development Authorities|§7-12-15. Liberal Construction of Article

It is the purpose of this article to provide for promotion, development and advancement of the business prosperity and economic welfare of the municipality or county, its citizens and its industrial complex, and this article shall be liberally construed as giving to the authority full and complete power reasonably required to give effect to the purposes hereof.
WV Code § 7-12-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 12. County and Municipal Development Authorities|§7-12-16. Provisions Severable

The several sections and provisions of this article are severable, and if any section or provisions hereof shall be held unconstitutional, all the remaining sections and provisions of this article shall nevertheless remain valid.
WV Code § 7-12A-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 12A. Maintenance Associations|§7-12A-1. Definitions

In this article the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them:(1) "Expressway" means a road that serves major intrastate and interstate travel, including federal interstate routes.(2) "Feeder" means a road that serves community to community travel or collects and feeds traffic to the higher systems or both.(3) "Maintenance association" means an association established pursuant to the requirements of this article.(4) "Maintenance association member" means any person owning residential property that fronts on either side of a road which is designated by a maintenance association document.(5) "Maintenance association documents" means documents approved by the county commission as meeting the requirements of this article and filed with the clerk of the county commission.(6) "Park and forest road" means a road that serves travel within state parks, state forests and public hunting and fishing areas.(7) "Public roads" means all roads and bridges under the control of the county commission or the governing body of a municipality.(8) "State local service road" means localized arterial and spur roads which provide land access and socioeconomic benefits to abutting properties.(9) "State road" means and includes all roads classified and prescribed as either expressway, trunkline, feeder, park and forest or state local service" roads.(10) "State road system" means roads that are functionally classified into five categories as follows: (1) Expressway; (2) trunkline; (3) feeder; (4) state local service; and (5) park and forest.(11) "Trunkline" means a road that serves major city to city travel.
WV Code § 7-12A-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 12A. Maintenance Associations|§7-12A-2. Purpose of the Maintenance Association

Maintenance associations may be established in any county outside an incorporated area to protect the health, safety and welfare of persons and the general public located within the designated maintenance association area. The maintenance association shall be created with the objective of establishing and maintaining improvements for the area designated in a petition filed pursuant to section three of this article, which may include constructing and maintaining shared streets, drainage facilities, sidewalks, water and sewer systems, signs, street lights and other improvements necessary for the protection of health, safety and welfare of the general public: Provided, That such improvements made to the state road system shall be made only as specified and approved by the commissioner of highways.
WV Code § 7-12A-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 12A. Maintenance Associations|§7-12A-3. Petition to Establish Maintenance Association

(a) A petition in writing may be made to the county commission that duly verifies that sixty percent of the persons owning property on both sides of any orphan road, subdivision road, state road or public road in any unincorporated area request the approval of the formation of a maintenance association. The petition shall be accompanied by the proposed maintenance association's recordable documents that establish the association.(b) Upon the filing of such petition and the proposed maintenance association documents, the county commission shall fix a time and place for hearing protests and shall require the petitioners to post notice of such hearing in at least two conspicuous places on the state road, public road, orphan road or subdivision road of the area affected, and to give notice thereof by publication of such notice as a Class I legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code. The publication area for such publication shall be the county in which the maintenance association shall be located. The hearing shall be held not less than ten nor more than thirty days after the filing of such petition.(c) At the time and place set for hearing protests, the county commission may examine witnesses and consider other evidence to show that:(1) Said petition was filed in good faith;(2) The signatures on the petition are genuine;(3) The maintenance association document addresses the maintenance association purpose; and(4) The proposed maintenance association will result in special benefits to all owners of residential property abutting on said orphan road, subdivision road, state road or public road.The commission shall within ten days thereafter enter a formal order stating its decision.(d) Any owner of residential property abutting upon said orphan road, subdivision road, state road or public road aggrieved by such order shall have the right to review the order on the record made before the county commission by filing a petition with the clerk of the circuit court within ten days after the entry of such order. The owner shall give bond in an amount to be fixed by the circuit court sufficient to pay costs or expenses incurred by the court and the maintenance association upon appeal if the order of the county commission is affirmed. The circuit court shall proceed to review the matter as in other appeals from the county commission.
WV Code § 7-12A-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 12A. Maintenance Associations|§7-12A-4. Contents of Maintenance Association Document; Approval of Recording of Maintenance Association Documents

(a) The maintenance association document shall include language for:(1) Conduct of business;(2) Fee structure; (3) Enforcement; and(4) Voting requirements: Provided, That each affected property owner shall be accorded one vote per property.(b) After a maintenance association has been approved by the county commission, a certified copy of the approved maintenance association documents shall be filed with the clerk of the county commission.
WV Code § 7-12A-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 12A. Maintenance Associations|§7-12A-5. Powers of Maintenance Associations

A maintenance association formed pursuant to this article may have power and authority to:(a) Assess fees for essential services, and(b) Institute suits for the collection of such fees, attorneys fees and court costs.
WV Code § 7-12A-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 12A. Maintenance Associations|§7-12A-6. Assessment and Collection of Fees; Notice

(a) A maintenance association which furnishes essential services, including, but not limited to, construction and maintenance of shared streets, drainage facilities, sidewalks, water and sewer systems, signs and other improvements necessary for the health, safety and welfare of the general public, may have authority to impose reasonable fees and charges on persons owning lots abutting the frontage of both sides of roads listed in the maintenance association document.(b) Any new fee or fee increase assessed under this section shall not be collectable unless notice of the proposed fee or increase is sent by certified mail to each person owning property listed in the maintenance association document. If thirty percent of the members, by signed petition, protest the assessment to the association within fifteen days of the mailing, the fee shall not become effective until it is ratified by sixty percent of the members.(c) All fees assessed under this section are declared to be debts owing to the maintenance association for which the debtor shall be personally liable. The maintenance association, or an individual designated to act for it, may enforce this liability by appropriate civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction. After being reduced to judgment and filed with the clerk of the county commission, such liability shall be a lien on property owned by the maintenance association member and designated in the maintenance association document.
WV Code § 7-13-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 13. Economic Opportunity Programs|§7-13-1. Community Action Program Organizations

In order to stimulate the communities of West Virginia in mobilizing their resources and developing programs to effect a permanent decrease in the incidence of poverty and economic disadvantage, which is hereby declared to be a public purpose, it shall be the responsibility of the Governor to encourage and promote the creation and operation of community action programs consistent with the provisions of Title II and other titles of the federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452).
WV Code § 7-13-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 13. Economic Opportunity Programs|§7-13-2. Recognition

In furtherance of this objective, the Governor is authorized to extend official recognition to duly constituted community action program organizations which comply, or are in the process of complying, with regulations as established by the federal Office of Economic Opportunity or its delegate agencies.Such official recognition shall be established by the Governor notifying the president, chairman, administrator, or other chief executive officer of a community action program organization, in writing, of his acceptance of that body as an officially recognized community action program organization.
WV Code § 7-13-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 13. Economic Opportunity Programs|§7-13-4. Eligibility

In determining whether a community action program organization shall be eligible for official recognition and participation under the provisions of Title II, and other titles of the federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the Governor shall direct his staff to report on the eligibility and composition of any such organization, or shall request the advice of the Governor's economic opportunity advisory committee.
WV Code § 7-13-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 13. Economic Opportunity Programs|§7-13-5. Area Encompassed in Program

Community action programs shall encompass a county or multicounty unit, or regional or subregional unit comprising all or parts of counties. However, only one community action program organization shall be recognized in any single county, except under unusual circumstances, which the Governor may determine. In any county where more than one community action program organization is recognized each organization must be given such official recognition, in writing, by the Governor.
WV Code § 7-13-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 13. Economic Opportunity Programs|§7-13-6. Membership and Participation in Community Action Program Organizations

A county court, county board of education, or municipal government is hereby authorized and empowered to become associated with a community action program organization, and to participate in the development and implementation of component projects conceived and placed into operation by community action program organizations.In so doing, a county court, county board of education, or municipal government may extend, without compensation, the use of its buildings, equipment, machinery, public lands, personnel, technical and other services, and other resources for the benefit of a community action program organization; may provide money, and real and other property, tangible or intangible, to a recognized community action program organization in the furtherance of the objectives of the federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964; and may cooperate and act in conjunction with other county courts, county boards of education, municipal governments, public bodies, and all agencies of federal, state and local governments in the promotion and advancement of the projects, in operation or in evolutionary stages, under the jurisdiction of a recognized community action program organization: Provided, That any such contribution, whether in cash or in kind, in goods or in services fairly evaluated, should, in all practical instances, constitute the whole or a portion of the matching share required by the federal Office of Economic Opportunity from the community action program organization in the orderly implementation and conduct of community action programs.
WV Code § 7-13-6a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 13. Economic Opportunity Programs|§7-13-6a. Community Action Agencies

A county court, a county board of education or a municipal government is hereby authorized and empowered to become a community action program organization or agency pursuant to Title II of the "Federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964," as amended. If any one of the foregoing governmental agencies shall be designated under said Title II as a community action program organization or agency, it shall have the power and authority to conduct, operate and manage a community action program in conformity with the requirements of the federal Economic Opportunity Act; to apply for, receive and disburse all federal funds made available to it for the purpose of carrying out its duties under the federal Economic Opportunity Act; and to receive grants and gifts from private or local public sources and disburse the same. Whenever a county court, county board of education or municipal government is acting as a community action program organization or agency, such county court, county board of education or municipal government may establish a governing board to administer such community action program, such governing board to be selected in compliance with the provisions of the federal Economic Opportunity Act and such rules and regulations as may be adopted by such county court, county board of education or municipal government, the promulgation of which is hereby authorized; may transfer any of the funds, grants and gifts referred to above to such governing board, if such transfer is in conformity with the provisions of the federal Economic Opportunity Act; and may delegate to such governing board all authority necessary and convenient to enable it to perform and carry out its duties.
WV Code § 7-13-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 13. Economic Opportunity Programs|§7-13-7. Status of Community Action Program Organizations

In order to be a community action program organization under the provisions of this article, such organization must be a public governmental agency or a nonprofit corporation qualified to do business in West Virginia, other than a political party, and must be recognized by the Governor, in accordance with the provisions of section two of this article, for the public purpose declared in section one of this article.In no instance shall the state, any agency thereof, or a county court, county board of education, or municipal government provide or extend, under the provisions of this article, money, and real and other property, tangible or intangible, or financial assistance to other than a community action program organization recognized by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of section two of this article.
WV Code § 7-13-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 13. Economic Opportunity Programs|§7-13-8. Contributions by County Courts, County Boards of Education and Municipal Governments

A county court, county board of education, or municipal government shall be authorized and empowered to contribute to the costs of duly recognized community action program organizations by appropriating for such purposes money from its general funds not otherwise appropriated. A county court, county board of education, or municipal government likewise is authorized and empowered to transfer and convey to a duly recognized community action program organization property, equipment and machinery, and other goods: Provided, That such transfer will further the conduct and implementation of component projects of a community action program.A county court, county board of education, or municipal government is authorized and empowered to accept, use and dispose of gifts of property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, and to convey or otherwise transfer the same to a recognized community action program organization: Provided, however, That such transfer will further the conduct and implementation of component projects of a community action program.A county court, county board of education, or municipal government is authorized and empowered to enter into and perform such contracts, leases, cooperative arrangements, or other transactions as may assist in the performance of component projects of a community action program: Provided further, That no county court, county board of education, or municipal government shall enter into any such contract, lease or cooperative arrangement unless it is requested to assist in such manner through notification, in writing, by the chairman, president, administrator or other chief executive officer of a recognized community action program organization.
WV Code § 7-13-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 13. Economic Opportunity Programs|§7-13-9. Accountability of Funds

As a condition to participation in community action program organization activities, as specified in section eight, a county court, county board of education, or municipal government may require a community action program organization to render an accounting, at such intervals as the county court, county board of education, or municipal government may designate, of the use of money, property, goods, and services made available to the community action program organization by the county court, county board of education, or municipal government, and to make available at quarterly intervals an itemized statement of receipts and disbursements, and its books, records and accounts, during the preceding quarter, for audit and examination by the office of the State Tax Commissioner of West Virginia and any other proper public body or official.
WV Code § 7-13-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 13. Economic Opportunity Programs|§7-13-10. Employees Covered by Workers' Compensation

All employees of a community action program organization eligible thereto shall be considered to be within the workers' compensation act of West Virginia and premiums on their compensation shall be paid by the organization as required by law.