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WV Code § 24-8-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24. Public Service Commission|Article 8. 211 Information and Referral System|§24-8-1. Legislative Findings

The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the citizens of West Virginia to implement the universally, free access telephone number "211" made available by the federal communications commission for states to develop an information and referral source for human and social services. The "211" system will provide a vital resource to the citizens of West Virginia for social and human service information and referral by providing a critical connection between individuals and families in need and the appropriate community-based organizations and government agencies.The Legislature further finds that implementing the "211" information and referral system will serve as a centralized resource for human and social service professionals, medical personnel, government agencies and charitable organizations by providing a full spectrum of service options to the citizens of West Virginia. The "211" system will also serve as a centralized point in times of natural disasters or national emergencies by providing access to information for the coordination of relief.Therefore, the Legislature authorizes and directs the Public Service Commission to implement the "211" information and referral system in accordance with the recommendations of the Public Service Commissions' appointed task force as reported to the Legislature.
WV Code § 24-8-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24. Public Service Commission|Article 8. 211 Information and Referral System|§24-8-2. Rule-Making Authority

The Public Service Commission shall propose rules for legislative promulgation in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code regarding the implementation and administration of this system. From the effective date of this section until the date of the promulgation of these rules, the commission may file rules as emergency rules in accordance with the applicable provisions of this code in order to implement and administer this system.
WV Code § 24A-1-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 1. Purposes, Definitions and Exemptions|§24A-1-1. Purposes

It is hereby declared to be the purpose and policy of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to confer upon the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, in addition to all other powers conferred and duties imposed upon it by law, the power, authority and duty to supervise and regulate the transportation of persons and property for hire by motor vehicles upon or over the public highways of this state so as to: (a) Protect the safety and welfare of the traveling and shipping public in their use of transportation agencies by motor vehicle; (b) preserve, foster and regulate transportation and permit the coordination of transportation facilities; (c) provide the traveling and shipping public transportation agencies rendering stabilized service at just and reasonable rates. This chapter shall apply to persons and motor vehicles engaged in interstate commerce and to private commercial carriers by motor vehicle as defined in section two of this article, to the extent permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
WV Code § 24A-1A-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 1A. Commercial Vehicle Regulation|§24A-1A-1. Regulation of Commercial Vehicle Weights

(a) Effective July 1, 2003, the commission has jurisdiction over the enforcement of this code and rules promulgated under this code, including, but not limited to, applicable provisions of article seventeen-a, chapter seventeen-c of this code relating to vehicular weight.(b) Effective January 1, 2003, the commission has jurisdiction over the issuance of permits for excess vehicular weight.(c) Effective January 1, 2003, employees of the Division of Highways, Department of Transportation, whose primary governmental duties as of June 30, 2002, included the administration and enforcement of state statutes and rules relating to vehicular weight or the issuance of permits for excess vehicular weight shall be transferred from the Division of Highways and Department of Transportation to the commission.(d) The commission shall implement and administer the provisions of this section and of articles six, six-a and six-b of this chapter.
WV Code § 24A-1A-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 1A. Commercial Vehicle Regulation|§24A-1A-2. Creation of Advisory Committee; Purpose; Members; Terms

(a) There is continued the Commercial Motor Vehicle Weight and Safety Enforcement Advisory Committee, the purpose of which is to study the implementation of the commercial motor vehicle weight and safety enforcement program set forth in this article.(b) The committee consists of the following members:(1) One member who is an employee of the Division of Highways, to be appointed by the Commissioner of Highways;(2) One member who is an employee of the Public Service Commission, to be appointed by the Chairman of the Public Service Commission;(3) One member who is a State Police officer, to be appointed by the Superintendent of the State Police;(4) One member who is an employee of the Division of Motor Vehicles, to be appointed by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles;(5) One member who is an employee of the Development Office, to be appointed by the Governor;(6) One member who is representative of the coal industry, to be appointed by the Governor;(7) One member of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate;(8) One member of the House of Delegates, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates;(9) Two citizen members, to be appointed by the Governor;(10) One member of the largest organization representing coal miners, to be appointed by the Governor; and(11) One member of the largest organization representing natural resource transportation drivers, to be appointed by the Governor.(c) Members shall serve for terms of three years. No member may be appointed to serve more than two consecutive terms.(d) The committee shall annually nominate from its members a chair, who shall hold office for one year.(e) The committee shall hold at least four meetings each year or more often as may, in the discretion of the chair, be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article.(f) The public members of the committee may receive compensation for attendance at official meetings, not to exceed the amount paid to members of the Legislature for their interim duties as recommended by the Citizens Legislative Compensation Commission and authorized by law.(g) Committee members may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred for each day or portion of a day engaged in the discharge of committee duties in a manner consistent with guidelines of the Travel Management Office of the Department of Administration.(h) On or before January 1 of each year the committee shall submit to the Governor and to the Legislature a report of its recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the commercial vehicle weight and safety enforcement program.
WV Code § 24A-2-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 2. Common Carriers by Motor Vehicles|§24A-2-1. Subject to Public Utility and Common Carrier Laws

All common carriers by motor vehicle are hereby declared to be affected with a public interest and subject to the laws of this state now in force or that hereafter may be enacted pertaining to public utilities and common carriers as far as applicable, and not in conflict herewith.
WV Code § 24A-2-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 2. Common Carriers by Motor Vehicles|§24A-2-2. Provisions of Chapter to Govern; Common Carrier Certificate and Contract Carrier Permit

No common carrier by motor vehicle shall operate any motor facility for transportation of either persons or property for hire or any public highway in this state except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and no person, after January 1, 1940, shall, at the same time, hold under this chapter a certificate as a common carrier and a permit as a contract carrier authorizing operations for the transportation of property by motor vehicles over the same route or within the same territory unless for good cause shown and the commission determines that such certificate and permit may be held consistent with the public interest and the policy stated in section one, article one of this chapter.
WV Code § 24A-2-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 2. Common Carriers by Motor Vehicles|§24A-2-3. Regulatory Powers of Commission

The commission is vested with power and authority to supervise and regulate all common carriers by motor vehicle and to fix, alter, regulate, and determine just, fair, reasonable, and sufficient rates, joint rates, charges and classifications; to regulate the facilities, accounts, service and safety of operations of each such carrier, to regulate operating and time schedules so as to meet the reasonable needs of any community, so as to provide adequate transportation service to the territory traversed by such carriers, and so as to prevent unnecessary multiplication of service among common carriers by motor vehicle and between them and steam and electric railroads, to require the coordination of the service facilities and schedules of competing common carriers by motor vehicle or electric and steam railroads; to require the filing of annual and other reports, tariff, schedules, and other data by such common carriers, in all matters affecting the relation between such carriers and the public and between such carriers and other common carriers. The commission shall have power and authority, by general order or otherwise, to prescribe rules and regulations in conformity with this chapter applicable to any and all such common carriers by motor vehicle and to do all things necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
WV Code § 24A-2-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 2. Common Carriers by Motor Vehicles|§24A-2-4. Rates, Fares and Charges

All rates, fares and charges made by any common carrier by motor vehicle shall be just and reasonable, and shall not be unlawfully discriminatory, prejudicial nor preferential. No such carrier shall charge, demand, collect, or receive a greater or less or different remuneration for the transportation of passengers or property, or for any service in connection therewith, than the rates, fares, and charges which have been legally established and filed with the commission; nor shall any such carrier refund, remit, discount or rebate in any manner or by any device any portion of the rates, fares, and charges required to be collected by the tariffs on file with or ordered by the commission.
WV Code § 24A-2-4a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 2. Common Carriers by Motor Vehicles|§24A-2-4a. Motor Carriers Transporting Solid Waste; Pass Through of Landfill Tip Fees as Rate Surcharge

Any common carrier transporting solid waste in this state pursuant to authority granted under section five, article two, chapter twenty-four-a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, may make application to the commission for approval of a rate surcharge to pass through any increase in the disposal rate charged by the landfill at which solid waste is disposed by the motor carrier, commonly known as the tip fee, to commercial and residential customers, including increases which are the direct result of fees, charges, taxes, or any other assessment imposed upon the landfill by a governmental body. The commission shall within fourteen days of receipt of said application notify the motor carrier of approval of the requested rate surcharge, or approval of a rate surcharge other than in the amount requested and the reason therefor. The effective date of the approved rate surcharge shall be the same date as the effective date of the increase in the tip fee to which the surcharge relates; except that in the event the application for approval of the rate surcharge is received by the commission more than sixty days after the effective date of the tip fee increase, then the effective date of the approved rate surcharge shall be the date said application was received by the commission.The commission shall immediately promulgate emergency rules which set forth the procedures for the filing of the tip fee rate surcharge application. It is the purpose of this statute to provide an expedited process which will allow the subject motor carriers to pass through tip fee increases to all customers. Only that data necessary to review in accordance with this statute may be required by the commission to be submitted by the motor carrier.
WV Code § 24A-2-4b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 2. Common Carriers by Motor Vehicles|§24A-2-4b. Motor Carriers Transporting Solid Waste; Origin of Waste Disclosure; Penalties

(a) The operator-driver of every solid waste motor carrier vehicle which arrives at a commercial solid waste facility, including, but not limited to, commercial landfills and transfer stations, in this state is required to declare, in writing and under oath, the name of the county and state of origin of the solid waste being deposited at the commercial solid waste facility. The operator-driver of the solid waste motor carrier vehicle shall give a copy of this completed declaration form to the operator of the commercial landfill or of the transfer station, to the West Virginia Public Service Commission and to the county solid waste authority.(b) The Public Service Commission shall prepare and provide commercial solid waste facility operators with a uniform disclosure form for use in effecting this provision.(c) Any operator-driver of a solid waste motor carrier vehicle who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500.(d) Any owner of a solid waste motor carrier vehicle which deposits solid waste in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined $1,000.
WV Code § 24A-2-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 2. Common Carriers by Motor Vehicles|§24A-2-6. For Hire Common Carriers of Passengers; Definitions; Driving Time; Rules

(a) When used in this section, the following words and phrases have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:(1) "Driving time" means all time spent at the driving controls of a commercial for-hire vehicle designed to transport passengers;(2) "Eight consecutive days" means the period of eight consecutive days beginning on any day at the time designated by the for-hire carrier for a twenty-four-hour period;(3) "On duty time" means all time from the time a driver begins to work or is required to be in readiness to work until the time he or she is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work; and(4) "Twenty-four-hour period" means any twenty-four- consecutive-hour period beginning at the time designated by the for-hire carrier for the terminal from which the driver is normally dispatched.(b) The provisions of this section apply only to for-hire carriers operated by an on board driver which is designed to transport passengers exclusively on any public highway or road in this state. The provisions of this section apply only to intrastate commerce and do not apply where preempted by federal regulation.(c) Drivers of for-hire carriers may not:(1) Engage in driving time of a for-hire vehicle for more than ten consecutive hours without eight consecutive hours off duty;(2) Engage in driving time of a for-hire vehicle after the driver has on duty time of fifteen hours without eight consecutive hours off duty; or(3) Engage in driving time of a for-hire vehicle after the driver has been on duty for a total of seventy consecutive hours within eight consecutive days.(d) For-hire carrier companies shall keep time records, for six months, indicating the time all for-hire drivers report for duty, the time of relief from duty, hours driven, hours on duty, and hours off duty. These records shall be made available to the State Police and the Public Service Commission.(e) The Public Service Commission may promulgate rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
WV Code § 24A-3-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 3. Contract Carriers by Motor Vehicles|§24A-3-1. Regulation Required

It is hereby declared that the business of contract carriers by motor vehicle is affected with a public interest and that the safety and welfare of the public, the preservation and maintenance of the public highways, and the integrity of the regulation of common carriers require the regulation of contract carriers by motor vehicle to the extent herein provided.
WV Code § 24A-3-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 3. Contract Carriers by Motor Vehicles|§24A-3-2. Provisions of Chapter to Govern

No contract carrier by motor vehicle or emergency substitute carrier shall operate any motor vehicle for the transportation of either persons or property for hire on any public highway in this state except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
WV Code § 24A-3-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 3. Contract Carriers by Motor Vehicles|§24A-3-4. Regulatory Powers of Commission

The commission is hereby vested with power and authority, and it shall be its duty, to supervise and regulate contract carriers by motor vehicle for the purpose of promoting safety of their operation as transportation agencies upon the highways; to regulate and supervise the accounts and method of keeping the same; to prescribe such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; and to supervise and regulate contract carriers by motor vehicle in all matters affecting the relationship between such carriers and the traveling and shipping public.
WV Code § 24A-3-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 3. Contract Carriers by Motor Vehicles|§24A-3-5. Undue Preference Prohibited

Every contract carrier by motor vehicle is hereby forbidden to give or cause any undue or unreasonable advantage or preference to those whom it serves as compared with the patrons of any common carrier by motor vehicle as that term is used in this chapter, or the patrons of any other common carrier, or to subject the patrons of any such common carriers to any undue or unreasonable discrimination or disadvantage; or by unfair competition to destroy or impair the service or business of any common carrier by motor vehicle, or of any other common carrier, or the integrity of the state's regulation of any such service or business; and, to the end that the said commission may enforce these provisions, each such contract carrier by motor vehicle shall maintain on file with the commission a statement of its charges, and of such other matters as the commission may require.
WV Code § 24A-3-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 3. Contract Carriers by Motor Vehicles|§24A-3-6. Rules and Regulations; Minimum Rates, Fares and Charges

The commission is hereby vested with power and authority, and it is hereby made its duty, to prescribe rules and regulations covering the operations of contract carriers by motor vehicles in competition with common carriers of this state, and the commission shall prescribe minimum rates, fares, and charges to be collected by such contract carriers by motor vehicle, which shall not be less than the rates prescribed for common carriers by motor vehicles for substantially the same service.
WV Code § 24A-4-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 4. Private Commercial Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle|§24A-4-1. Vehicular and Operational Safety

Every private commercial carrier, as defined in section two (n), article one of this chapter, shall establish, maintain and operate its motor vehicles in a safe manner and condition as prescribed by the safety rules and regulations promulgated by the commission under subsection (j), section five, article five of this chapter.
WV Code § 24A-5-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 5. Powers and Duties of Commission|§24A-5-1. Powers of Commission as to Rates, Schedules, etc.

The commission shall have power to originate, establish, promulgate, change, investigate and enforce tariffs, rates, joint rates, classifications and schedules for all motor carriers, except urban mass transportation authorities established and maintained pursuant to article twenty-seven, chapter eight of this code, and the practices, services and facilities of all motor carriers. And whenever the commission shall, after hearing, find any existing rates, tariffs, joint rates, classifications, schedules, practices, services or facilities unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, or unjustly discriminatory or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the commission shall, by order, fix and require reasonable rates, joint rates, tariffs, classifications, schedules, practices, services or facilities to be followed or established in the future in lieu of those found to be unjust, unreasonable, insufficient or unjustly discriminatory or otherwise in violation of any provisions of law.
WV Code § 24A-5-2b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 5. Powers and Duties of Commission|§24A-5-2b. Authorizing Public Service Commission to Approve Alternative Pick-Up Due to Adverse Conditions

Every motor carrier of solid waste in residential service shall provide and maintain regularly scheduled pickup service. Exceptions to the regularly scheduled pickup service may be made for reasons beyond the motor carriers control, including, but not limited to, dangerous road conditions, inclement weather, flooding, road closures. Exceptions to the regularly scheduled pickup service based on such conditions will be at the motor carriers discretion: Provided, That nothing herein changes the universal service obligation of any motor carrier. Any interruption of service in this regard that lasts beyond five days shall be reported by the motor carrier to the commission and the motor carrier and the staff of the commission shall establish a contingency pickup arrangement for the affected customers that the motor carrier shall implement until the condition causing the service interruption is alleviated.
WV Code § 24A-5-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 24A. Commercial Motor Carriers|Article 5. Powers and Duties of Commission|§24A-5-3. Through Rates; Joint Rates and Service

The commission shall have power and authority to require a common carrier by motor vehicle, railroad, express, air, or water to establish reasonable through rates with other common carriers by motor vehicle, railroad, express, air, or water and to provide safe and adequate service, equipment, and facilities for the transportation of passengers and property; to establish and enforce just and reasonable individual and joint rates, charges, and classifications, and just and reasonable regulations and practices relating thereto; and in case of such joint rates, fares, and charges to establish just and reasonable divisions thereof as between the carriers participating therein which shall not unduly prefer or prejudice any of such participating carriers.