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WV Code § 8-27-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 27. Intergovernmental Relations -- Urban Mass Transportation Systems|§8-27-13. Resolution Authorizing Acquisition or Construction of Urban Mass Transportation System

§8-27-13. Resolution authorizing acquisition or construction of urban mass transportation system.Before the authority shall acquire or construct any system, the authority shall adopt a proper resolution which shall include:(a) The estimated cost of the acquisition or construction and all incidental expenses connected therewith;(b) The probable sources of revenue and the estimated amount thereof;(c) The estimated cost of administration, maintenance, repair and operation thereof;(d) The proposed methods of financing; and(e) Any other information which the authority shall deem appropriate.Such resolution shall also:(a) Order the acquisition or construction of such system;(b) If appropriate, direct that revenue bonds in such amount as the authority may deem necessary to pay all or any part of the cost of acquisition or construction of such system be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article; and(c) Set forth the amount of the principal of the indebtedness, the maximum term the bonds proposed to be issued shall run before maturity and the maximum rate of interest to be paid and such other details with respect to the bonds and the trust indenture, if any, securing the same as the authority may deem necessary or desirable.Before such resolution shall become effective, the authority shall submit such resolution to the governing bodies of the participating governments and hold a public hearing in the service area on the resolution. At least thirty days prior to the date set for hearing, the authority shall publish a notice of the time and place of hearing 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 such publication shall be the service area of the authority. At such hearing all objections and suggestions shall be heard and after the hearing has been held the authority shall take such action as it shall deem proper.
WV Code § 8-27-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 27. Intergovernmental Relations -- Urban Mass Transportation Systems|§8-27-17. Remedies of Bondholders

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this article or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust indenture securing the same, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust indenture, may, by civil action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of this state or granted under the provisions of this article or under the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, or the trust indenture securing same, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by the provisions of this article or by such resolution or trust indenture to be performed by any authority or by any officer thereof.
WV Code § PART (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 27. Intergovernmental Relations -- Urban Mass Transportation Systems|§PART. Vii. Public Service Commission. §8-27-18. Repealed. Acts, 1976 Reg. sess., Ch. 85

§8-27-18.Repealed.Acts, 1976 Reg. Sess., Ch. 85.
WV Code § 8-27-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 27. Intergovernmental Relations -- Urban Mass Transportation Systems|§8-27-19. Indebtedness of Authorities

§8-27-19. Indebtedness of authorities.Each authority may issue bonds, borrow money and incur any proper indebtedness and issue any other obligations as authorized by law or provided in this article. No such indebtedness or obligation incurred by any authority shall give any right against any member of the governing body of any participating government or any member of the board of any authority. Any obligation or indebtedness of any nature of any authority shall never constitute an obligation or indebtedness of any participating government or the governing body of any participating government, within the meaning of any Constitutional provision or statutory limitation, and shall never constitute or give rise to a pecuniary liability of any participating government or the governing body of any participating government, or be a charge against the general credit or taxing power of any participating government or the governing body of any participating government, and such fact shall be plainly stated on the face of any bonds issued by any authority. The rights of creditors of any authority shall be solely against the authority as a corporate body and shall be satisfied only out of revenues, moneys or property received or held by it in its corporate capacity.
WV Code § 8-27-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 27. Intergovernmental Relations -- Urban Mass Transportation Systems|§8-27-20. Exemption From Taxation

It is hereby found, determined and declared that the creation of any authority and the carrying out of its purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state in general, and of the participating governments in particular, and is a public purpose; and that the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the provisions of this article. Accordingly, each authority and, without limitation, its revenues, properties, operations and activities shall be exempt from the payment of any taxes or fees to the state or any of its political subdivisions or to any officer or employee of the state or any of its political subdivisions. Property, real and personal, owned by or leased and used exclusively by each authority shall be public property and therefore exempt from taxation in accordance with section nine, article three, chapter eleven of this code. The revenue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, and the interest thereon, shall be exempt from taxation, except inheritance and transfer taxes.
WV Code § 8-27-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 27. Intergovernmental Relations -- Urban Mass Transportation Systems|§8-27-21. Protection of Employees of Existing Transportation Systems

§8-27-21. Protection of employees of existing transportation systems.Whenever any authority acquires any existing system pursuant to the provisions of this article, the employees of such system shall be protected in the following manner:(a) The employees of such system shall be retained to the fullest extent possible consistent with sound management, and if terminated or laid off shall be assured priority of reemployment;(b) The individual employees who are retained shall be retained in positions the same as, or no worse than, their positions prior to the acquisition of such system;(c) The rights, privileges and benefits of the employees under existing collective bargaining agreements shall not be affected and the owning authority shall assume the duties and obligations of the acquired system under any such agreement;(d) Collective bargaining rights shall be continued with respect to employees of any acquired system;(e) The rights, privileges and benefits of the employees under any existing pension or retirement plan or plans shall not be affected and the owning authority shall assume the duties and obligations of the acquired system under any such plan or plans;(f) The owning authority shall provide paid training or retraining programs when necessary; and(g) The authority owning a system, or any of the employees of any system owned by the authority, shall, in the case of any labor dispute relating to the terms and conditions of employment which is not settled through any established grievance procedure, have the right to submit the dispute to final and binding arbitration by a board of arbitration consisting of three arbitrators, one arbitrator to be chosen by the authority, one by the employee and the third to be chosen by the two arbitrators selected by the authority and the employee. A decision of a majority of the members of the board of arbitration shall be final and binding on the parties. The parties shall each pay the arbitrator of its or his own selection, and they shall jointly pay the third arbitrator and any other expenses connected with submitting such labor dispute to the board of arbitration.In the event any authority acquires a system and (1) leases such acquired system, or (2) enters into a management contract for superintendence and management services for the operation of such acquired system pursuant to any provision of this article, the lease or contract shall include terms and provisions insuring the protection specified in this section.
WV Code § 8-27-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 27. Intergovernmental Relations -- Urban Mass Transportation Systems|§8-27-22. Conflict of Interest

INVESTMENTS; CONSTRUCTION.§8-27-22. Conflict of interest.No member of any authority, nor any of its officers, employees, agents or consultants, shall have any interest in any firm, partnership, corporation, company, association or joint-stock association engaged in the business of providing public transportation in the area encompassed by the authority, or in the manufacture, sale or lease of passenger transportation equipment or facilities. No member of any authority, nor any of its officers, employees, agents or consultants, shall contract with the authority or be interested in, either directly or indirectly, any contract with such authority or in the sale of property, either real or personal, to such authority. The term "agents" as used in this section shall not be deemed for the purposes of this section to include any persons or authorities which lease from or contract for superintendence and management services with any authority for the administration, maintenance, repair or operation of any system.
WV Code § 8-27-24 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 27. Intergovernmental Relations -- Urban Mass Transportation Systems|§8-27-24. Bonds Made Legal Investments

Banking institutions, building and loan associations, and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state, may lawfully invest their own funds in bonds issued under the provisions of this article.
WV Code § 8-27-25 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 27. Intergovernmental Relations -- Urban Mass Transportation Systems|§8-27-25. Article Constitutes Complete Authority; Liberal Construction

This article shall constitute full and complete authority for the creation of any authority and for carrying out the powers and duties of any such authority and for the issuance, sale or exchange of revenue bonds by such authority as provided in this article. The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purpose and no procedure or proceedings, notices, consents or approvals shall be required in connection therewith except as may be prescribed by this article.
WV Code § 8-27-26 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 27. Intergovernmental Relations -- Urban Mass Transportation Systems|§8-27-26. Dissolution of Authority; Disposition of Assets After Payment of Debts

§8-27-26. Dissolution of authority; disposition of assets after payment of debts.In the event full and adequate provision is made for the payment of all of the debts of an authority, the participating municipalities or counties or any combination thereof which have contributed at least sixty percent of the total value of all moneys and property (the value of which property is determined as specified in section five of this article) contributed to the authority by the participating municipalities and counties may by resolution provide for the dissolution of the authority and for (1) the conveyance of the real and tangible personal property contributed to it to those participating municipalities and counties which contributed the same, (2) equitable distribution among the contributing municipalities and counties of any real and tangible personal property purchased or condemned by the authority or of the proceeds of sale thereof, or the fair value thereof, and (3) the equitable distribution of all moneys on hand to the participating municipalities and counties in direct proportion to the contribution of moneys by them.
WV Code § 8-27-27 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 27. Intergovernmental Relations -- Urban Mass Transportation Systems|§8-27-27. Employees to Be Covered by Workers' Compensation

All eligible employees of any authority shall be considered to be within the workers' compensation statute of this state and premiums on their compensation shall be paid by the authority as required by law.
WV Code § 8-27A-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 27A. Intergovernmental Relations -- Alternative Fuel Vehicles|§8-27A-1. Definitions

The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this article, shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:(a) "Alternative fuels" include compressed natural gas, liquified natural gas, liquified petroleum gas, methanol, ethanol, fuel mixtures containing eighty-five percent or more by volume of methanol, ethanol and other alcohols with gasoline or other fuels, coal-derived liquid fuels and electricity (including electricity from solar energy).(b) "Alternative fuel vehicle" means a motor vehicle that operates solely on one alternative fuel, a motor vehicle that is capable of operating on one or more alternative fuels or a motor vehicle that is capable of operating on an alternative fuel and is capable of operating on gasoline or diesel fuel.(c) "Fleet" means fifteen or more motor vehicles that are centrally fueled or capable of being centrally fueled and are owned, operated, leased or otherwise controlled by or assigned to an agency of a political subdivision.(d) "Political subdivision" means a county, municipality and any other unit of local government authorized by law to perform governmental functions, but does not include school boards or school districts.
WV Code § 8-27A-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 27A. Intergovernmental Relations -- Alternative Fuel Vehicles|§8-27A-3. Prohibition of Subsidies or Incentive Payments

Except as provided by section three-d, article thirteen-d, chapter eleven of this code, a political subdivision shall not enter into any program providing subsidies or incentive payments for the production of compressed natural gas, liquified natural gas, liquified petroleum gas, methanol, ethanol or coal-derived liquid fuels.
WV Code § 8-28-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 28. Intergovernmental Relations -- Airports and Avigation|§8-28-1. Definitions

§8-28-1. Definitions.When used in this article, the terms "airport" and "aircraft" shall have the meanings ascribed to them in section one, article two-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
WV Code § 8-28-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 28. Intergovernmental Relations -- Airports and Avigation|§8-28-2. Establishment, Lease and Operation of Airports by Municipalities and Counties; Jurisdiction of County Court

Any municipality or county may acquire, establish, construct, lease, equip, improve, maintain and operate for such municipality or county an airport for the use of aircraft, and may acquire or lease for such purpose real property within or without or partly within and partly without the corporate limits of such municipality, or within or without or partly within and partly without such county, or may set apart and use for such purpose real property owned by the municipality or county, which is not needed for any other public use, however such real property was acquired. Any county court now owning or leasing or hereafter acquiring or leasing any real property without or partly without the limits of its county for the purpose of acquiring, establishing, constructing, improving, maintaining and operating an airport, shall have the same and all jurisdiction over such property, its maintenance and operation, as it has with respect to real property owned or leased and operated by it for airport purposes within the limits of its own county.
WV Code § 8-28-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 28. Intergovernmental Relations -- Airports and Avigation|§8-28-3. Acquisition of Property for Airport; Payment Therefor

Real property necessary for such airport may be acquired by gift, or by purchase if such municipality or county is able to agree with the owners of such real property on the terms thereof, and otherwise by condemnation, in the manner provided by law under which such municipality or county is authorized to acquire real property for public use. The purchase price or award for any property acquired for airport purposes may be paid by appropriation of moneys available therefor or wholly or partly from the proceeds of sale of the bonds of such municipality or county, as the governing body or county court shall determine, subject, however, to the general provisions of law for the issuance and sale of bonds of municipalities and counties for public purposes generally.
WV Code § 8-28-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 28. Intergovernmental Relations -- Airports and Avigation|§8-28-4. Construction, Maintenance and Operation of Airport; Expenses; Rules and Regulations and Fees

The governing body or county court of such municipality or county may direct or employ or vest jurisdiction in any appropriate officer, board or body of such municipality or county to locate, acquire, establish, construct, lease, equip, improve, maintain and operate such airport for such municipality or county, but the site so located and the acquisition, establishment, construction, leasing, equipment, improvement, maintenance and operation of such airport shall be subject to the approval of such governing body or county court, as the case may be. The expense of the acquisition, establishment, construction, leasing, equipment, improvement, maintenance and operation shall be a municipal or county charge, as the case may be.The governing body or county court may adopt rules and regulations and establish fees or charges for the use of such airport, or may authorize the officer, board or body of such municipality or county having jurisdiction to adopt such rules and regulations and establish such fees and charges, subject, however, to the approval of such governing body or county court before they shall take effect.
WV Code § 8-28-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 28. Intergovernmental Relations -- Airports and Avigation|§8-28-5. Rules and Regulations to Control Vehicular and Pedestrian Traffic Within Quarter Mile of Airport; Violation of Rule and Regulation a Misdemeanor; Penalty

TRAFFIC NEAR AIRPORTS.§8-28-5. Rules and regulations to control vehicular and pedestrian traffic within quarter mile of airport; violation of rule and regulation a misdemeanor; penalty.The governing body or county court is hereby empowered and authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to: (1) Control the movement and disposition of vehicular and pedestrian traffic within one-fourth mile of any building or installation of any airport owned or operated or owned and operated by any such municipality or county court, (2) regulate and control vehicular parking within such areas by the installation of parking meters or by other methods, and (3) impose reasonable charges for the use of the parking space so metered or otherwise allocated, so as to provide maximum opportunity for the public use thereof.Violation of any such rule and regulation shall constitute a misdemeanor and, the offender, upon conviction in the manner provided by law, may be fined not less than $2 nor more than $10 for each such violation.Justices of the peace shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts and with statutory courts of record having criminal jurisdiction for the trial of offenses under this section.
WV Code § 8-28-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 28. Intergovernmental Relations -- Airports and Avigation|§8-28-6. Airports Maintained Jointly; Abandonment and Sale Thereof; Suits Concerning Disposition, etc., of Airport

§8-28-6. Airports maintained jointly; abandonment and sale thereof; suits concerning disposition, etc., of airport.One or more municipalities or counties or both may join with another or other municipalities or counties or both for the purpose of acquiring, establishing, constructing, leasing, equipping, improving, maintaining and operating an airport. Any such airport may be located at such point as the governing bodies and county courts of the municipalities and counties joining therein may agree upon, and such municipalities and counties may raise, by levy or otherwise as provided in this article, funds for the purpose of acquiring, establishing, constructing, leasing, equipping, improving, maintaining and operating any such airport, and the municipalities and counties shall agree upon the proportionate part of the cost and expense of such airport to be paid by each municipality and county joining therein. The provisions of sections two, three, four, five, seven and eight of this article shall apply to any such joint airport, and as to section five, the rules and regulations authorized therein shall be jointly adopted and promulgated.In case any such joint airport is abandoned and such airport is owned by such municipalities and counties, the same may be sold with the approval of the governing bodies and county courts of the municipalities and counties jointly owning same. The proceeds of such sale shall be distributed to the municipalities and counties in the proportion to which such municipalities and counties had contributed to the acquisition, establishment, construction, equipment, improvement, maintenance and operation of such airport. In case of a failure of the municipalities and counties to agree upon the disposition of such airport and the equipment thereat or connected therewith or used in its maintenance or operation, any one or more of the municipalities and counties interested therein may bring a suit in the circuit court of the county in which such airport or the major portion thereof is located, and upon a trial of the cause, held in the manner provided by law for other civil actions seeking equitable relief, the court shall make such decree or decrees with reference to the disposition of the property and distribution of the proceeds or other moneys involved as to the court may seem to the best interests of all the parties involved, and an appeal from any such decree or decrees to the Supreme Court of Appeals shall lie as in other civil actions.