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WV Code § 20-5J-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 5J. Medical Waste Act|§20-5J-10. Regulation of Infectious Medical Waste Collectors and Haulers by the Public Service Commission; Limitation of Regulation

(a) On and after July 1, 1991, collectors, haulers and transporters of infectious medical waste who are "common carriers by motor vehicle," as defined in section two, article one, chapter twenty-four-a of this code, shall be regulated by the Public Service Commission in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-four-a and rules promulgated thereunder. The rules of the Public Service Commission shall not conflict nor take precedence over the rules promulgated by the secretary.(b) The commission shall provide a separate and distinct category of special certificates of convenience and necessity for infectious medical waste collectors, haulers and transporters regulated by this section: Provided, That within six months of the effective date of this article, the commission may issue such special certificates to existing common carriers of solid waste who are presently transporting infectious medical waste and who demonstrate that they are in compliance with the provisions of this article: Provided, however, That such common carriers need not make any additional demonstration of public convenience and necessity. Regulation of collectors, haulers and transporters of medical waste shall be separate and distinct from the regulation of solid waste collectors, haulers and transporters provided for in section twenty-three, article three, chapter twenty-two-c of this code. (c) At any hearing conducted by the Public Service Commission pertaining to infectious medical waste collectors, haulers and transporters, the secretary may appear before the commission and present evidence.
WV Code § 20-5K-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 5K. Commercial Infectious Medical Waste Facility Siting Approval|§20-5K-1. Legislative Purpose

The purpose of this article is to provide the opportunity for public participation in the decision to locate commercial infectious medical waste management facilities.
WV Code § 20-5K-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 5K. Commercial Infectious Medical Waste Facility Siting Approval|§20-5K-2. Definitions

Unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, as used in this article the terms:(a) "Commercial infectious medical waste facility" means any infectious medical waste management facility at which thirty-five percent or more by weight of the total infectious medical waste stored, treated or disposed of by the facility in any calendar year is generated off-site.(b) "Infectious medical waste" means medical waste identified as capable of producing an infectious disease. Medical waste shall be considered capable of producing an infectious disease if it has been, or is likely to have been, contaminated by an organism likely to be pathogenic to healthy humans, if such organism is not routinely and freely available in the community, and such organism has a significant probability of being present in sufficient quantities and with sufficient virulence to transmit disease. For the purposes of this article, infectious medical waste includes the following:(1) Cultures and stocks of microorganisms and biologicals;(2) Blood and blood products;(3) Pathological wastes;(4) Sharps;(5) Animal carcasses, body parts, bedding and related wastes;(6) Isolation wastes;(7) Any residue or contaminated soil, water or other debris resulting from the cleanup of a spill of any infectious medical waste; and(8) Any waste contaminated by or mixed with infectious medical waste.(c) "Off-site" means a facility or area for the collection, storage, transfer, processing, treatment or disposal of infectious medical waste that is not on the generator's site, or a facility or area that received infectious medical waste for storage or treatment that has not been generated on-site.(d) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources or his or her designee.
WV Code § 20-7-1a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 7. Law Enforcement, Motorboating, Litter|§20-7-1a. Natural Resources Police Officer Salary Increase Based on Length of Service

(a) Effective July 1, 2002, each natural resources police officer shall receive and be entitled to an increase in salary based on length of service, including that heretofore and hereafter served as a natural resources police officer as follows: For five years of service with the division, a natural resources police officer shall receive a salary increase of $600 per year payable during his or her next three years of service and a like increase at three-year intervals thereafter, with these increases to be cumulative. A salary increase shall be based upon years of service as of July 1 of each year and may not be recalculated until July 1 of the following year.Conservation officers in service at the time the amendment to this section becomes effective shall be given credit for prior service and shall be paid salaries as the same length of service will entitle them to receive under the provisions hereof.(b) This section does not apply to special or emergency natural resources police officers appointed under the authority of section one of this article.
WV Code § 20-7-1b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 7. Law Enforcement, Motorboating, Litter|§20-7-1b. Designation of Certain Federal Law-Enforcement Officers as Special Natural Resources Police Officers

The Legislature finds that it is in the mutual interest of the department and certain land management agencies of the United States to cooperate in the enforcement of state statutes and regulations within and adjacent to units of the National Park System, National Forests and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects located within the State of West Virginia.Accordingly, the director of the department of natural resources may enter into a written agreement with a federal agency providing for the appointment of employees of the federal agency as special natural resources police officers and setting forth the terms and conditions within which the federal employees may exercise the powers and duties of special natural resources police officers. The terms and conditions in the agreement shall grant a special natural resources police officer appointed pursuant to the agreement the same powers and duties as prescribed for a full-time salaried natural resources police officer of the department, but shall limit a special natural resources police officer in the exercise of his or her powers and duties to areas within the boundaries of the federal units to which the officer is assigned in his or her federal employment and to situations outside the boundaries of the federal units where the exercise is for the mutual aid of natural resources police officers as set forth in the agreement.Any federal employee whose duties involve the enforcement of the criminal laws of the United States and who possesses a valid law-enforcement certification issued by a federal land management agency which certifies the meeting of requirements at least equivalent to the law-enforcement officer training requirements promulgated pursuant to article twenty-nine, chapter thirty of this code, may be certified under the provisions of said article twenty-nine and appointed as a special natural resources police officer under the provisions of this section. Any special natural resources police officer so appointed may not receive compensation or benefits from the state or any political subdivisions thereof for the performance of his or her duties as a special natural resources police officer.
WV Code § 20-7-1d (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 7. Law Enforcement, Motorboating, Litter|§20-7-1d. Awarding Service Weapon Upon Retirement; Disposal of Service Weapon When Replaced Due to Routine Wear; and Furnishing Uniform for Burial

(a) Upon the retirement of any full-time salaried natural resources police officer, the chief natural resources police officer shall award to the retiring natural resources police officer his or her service weapon, without charge, upon determining:(1) That the natural resources police officer is retiring honorably with at least 25 years of recognized law-enforcement service as determined by the chief natural resources police officer; or(2) That the natural resources police officer is retiring with less than 25 years of service based upon a determination that he or she is totally physically disabled as a result of service with the division.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of §20-7-1d(a) of this code, the chief natural resources police officer may not award a service weapon to any natural resources police officer who has been declared mentally incompetent by a licensed physician or any court of law, or who, in the opinion of the chief natural resources police officer, constitutes a danger to any person or the community.(c) The disposal of law-enforcement service weapons, when replaced due to routine wear, does not fall under the jurisdiction of the agency for surplus property, within the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration. The chief natural resources police officer may offer these surplus weapons for sale to any active or retired Division of Natural Resources law-enforcement officer, at fair market value, with the proceeds from any sales used to offset the cost of the new weapons.(d) Upon the death of any current or honorably retired natural resources police officer, the chief natural resources police officer shall, upon request of the deceased officer’s family, furnish a full uniform for burial of the deceased officer. (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section does not apply to weapons obtained through the federal donation program operated by the West Virginia State Agency for Surplus Property.
WV Code § 20-7-1f (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 7. Law Enforcement, Motorboating, Litter|§20-7-1f. Awarding Service Weapon to Special Natural Resources Police Officers Upon Retirement; Disposal of Service Weapon When Replaced Due to Routine Wear; Furnishing Uniform for Burial

(a) Upon the retirement of any special natural resources police officer selected and appointed pursuant to §20-7-1 of this code, the chief of the officer’s section shall award to the retiring special natural resources police officer his or her service weapon, without charge, upon determining:(1) That the special natural resources police officer is retiring honorably with at least 25 years of recognized special law enforcement service as determined by the chief natural resources police officer; or(2) That the special natural resources police officer is retiring with less than 25 years of service based upon a determination that he or she is totally physically disabled as a result of service with the division.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of §20-7-1f(a) of this code, the section chief may not award a service weapon to any special natural resources police officer who has been declared mentally incompetent by a licensed physician or any court of law, or who, in the opinion of the chief natural resources police officer constitutes a danger to any person or the community.(c) Upon the death of any current or honorably retired special natural resources police officer, the respective chief shall, upon request of the deceased officer’s family, furnish a full uniform for burial of the deceased officer.(d) The disposal of special natural resources police officer service weapons, when replaced due to routine wear, does not fall under the jurisdiction of the agency for surplus property, within the Division of Purchasing of the Department of Administration. The chief of the section of Parks and Recreation and the chief of the Wildlife Resources Section of the Division of Natural Resources may offer these surplus weapons for sale to any active or retired special natural resources police officer, at fair market value, with the proceeds from any sales used to offset the cost of the new weapon.(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section does not apply to weapons obtained through the federal donation program operated by the West Virginia State Agency for Surplus Property.
WV Code § 20-7-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 7. Law Enforcement, Motorboating, Litter|§20-7-2. Qualifications of Natural Resources Police Officers; Right of Retired Officer to Receive Complete Standard Uniform; Right of Retired Officer to Acquire Uniform; and Right of Retired Officer to Acquire Badge

In addition to civil service qualifications and requirements, persons selected as natural resources police officers shall have reached their eighteenth birthday at the time of appointment, be in good physical condition and of good moral character, temperate in habits and may not have been convicted of a felony. Whenever possible and practicable, preference in selection of natural resources police officers shall be given honorably discharged United States Military personnel. Each natural resources police officer, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed in article IV, section 5 of the Constitution of West Virginia, which executed oath shall be filed with the director.The director shall prescribe the kind, style and material of uniforms to be worn by natural resources police officers. Uniforms and other equipment furnished to the natural resources police officers are and remain the property of the state, except as hereinafter provided in this section.A natural resources police officer, upon honorable retirement, is authorized to maintain at his or her own cost a complete standard uniform from the law-enforcement agency of which he or she was a member, and shall be issued an identification card indicating his or her honorable retirement from the law-enforcement agency. The uniform may be worn by the officer in retirement only on the following occasions: Police Officer's Memorial Day, Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, at the funeral of a law-enforcement officer or during any other police ceremony. The honorably retired officer is authorized to acquire a badge of the law-enforcement agency from which he or she is retired with the word "retired" placed on it.
WV Code § 20-7-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 7. Law Enforcement, Motorboating, Litter|§20-7-3. Powers and Duties of Other Law Officers

The sheriffs and constables of the several counties of the state, police officers of any city and members of the State Police are vested, within their respective jurisdictions, with all of the powers and authority of natural resources police officers without requirement of any additional oath or bond. Immediately upon making any arrest or executing any process under provisions of this chapter, each officer shall report thereon to the director.
WV Code § 20-7-4a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 7. Law Enforcement, Motorboating, Litter|§20-7-4a. Arrest Procedure

(a) Whenever a person is arrested for any violation of this chapter punishable as a misdemeanor and, such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate or court, the arresting officer shall prepare written notice to appear in court containing the name, address, date of birth, sex, hunting or fishing license number, if any, and social security number of such person, serial number or description of any property found in the possession of the person arrested and susceptible to use in committing the offense charged, if any, the offense charged and the time and place, when and where such person shall appear in court.(b) The time specified in said notice to appear must be at least five days after such arrest unless the person arrested demands an earlier hearing.(c) The place specified in said notice to appear must be before a magistrate or court within the county in which the offense charged is alleged to have been committed and who has jurisdiction of such offense.(d) The arrested person in order to secure release, as provided in this section, must accept a copy of the written notice prepared by the arresting officer. The officer shall deliver a copy of the notice to the person promising to appear. Thereupon, said officer shall forthwith release the person arrested from custody.
WV Code § 20-7-4b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 7. Law Enforcement, Motorboating, Litter|§20-7-4b. Record of Cases

Every magistrate or judge of a court shall keep or cause to be kept a record of every complaint, or other legal form of charge, which alleges a violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, deposited with or presented to said court, and shall keep a record of every official action by said court in reference thereto, including, but not limited to, a record of every conviction, forfeiture of bail, judgment of acquittal and the amount of fine or forfeiture resulting from every said complaint or charge deposited with or presented to said court.
WV Code § 20-7-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 7. Law Enforcement, Motorboating, Litter|§20-7-5. Enforcement of Chapter

The director shall be charged with the duty and responsibility of enforcing the provisions of this chapter and to this end may call upon the Attorney General, the prosecuting attorneys of the several counties, the department of public safety and all other law-enforcement officers of the state. He shall have authority to compel compliance with and to prevent violations and threatened violations of any provisions of this chapter, lawful rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, and cease and desist orders issued pursuant hereto. He may invoke the processes of any court for coercive, remedial or preventive relief by injunction, mandamus or other appropriate proceedings.
WV Code § 20-7-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 7. Law Enforcement, Motorboating, Litter|§20-7-6. Prosecutions Under Chapter; Attorney Services; Costs

The director may cause complaints to be made and proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted against any violators of this chapter, without the sanction of the prosecuting attorney of the county wherein such proceedings are instituted, and in all such cases no security for costs shall be required of the director. In any unusual or emergency situation or case wherein a prosecuting attorney or the Attorney General may not be available to the director for legal services, the director may employ another attorney or other attorneys to represent the state in prosecutions and proceedings under provisions of this chapter and shall pay costs and fees for such services from department funds.
WV Code § 20-7-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 7. Law Enforcement, Motorboating, Litter|§20-7-7. Conspiracy to Violate Chapter; Withholding Information; Obstructing Officers

Any person who shields or conspires with another in the commission of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or who, upon inquiry, withholds information from enforcement officers, or who hinders, obstructs, interferes with, or impersonates, or attempts to hinder, obstruct, interfere with or impersonate an officer in the performance of his duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
WV Code § 20-7-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 20. Natural Resources|Article 7. Law Enforcement, Motorboating, Litter|§20-7-8. Seizure and Disposition of Property Used for Illegal Purpose

(a) Any officer, when he or she arrests or otherwise takes a person into custody for violating any provision or provisions of this chapter, may take and impound any property found in the possession of the accused and susceptible of use in committing the offense of which the person is accused. The property includes firearms, fishing equipment, traps, boats, or any other device, appliance or conveyance, but does not include dogs. Reasonable care shall be provided in order to protect the condition of the item or items impounded.(b) If the accused is acquitted the property seized shall be returned. If the accused is convicted and pays the fine, costs and other penalties, the property shall be returned, but if the accused fails to pay the fine and costs, the property shall be sold at public auction in a manner the director prescribes. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied toward the payment of the fine and costs. The remainder, if any, shall be paid to the owner of the seized property.(c) Whenever a person is convicted of a violation of this chapter a second time, the property seized at the time of arrest shall in any case be declared forfeited to the state and shall be sold in the manner provided by this section.(d) Property seized, the use of which is forbidden by this chapter, or which is unfit or unsafe for further use, shall be declared forfeited to the state and shall be disposed of by the director.(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, disposition of firearms not returned pursuant to subsection (b) above shall be solely in accordance with the provisions of article eight-a, chapter thirty-six of this code.