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WV Code § 17-28-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 28. West Virginia Community Empowerment Transportation Act|§17-28-8. Commissioner's Authority Over Transportation Projects Accepted Into the State Road System; Use of State Road Funds

(a) Notwithstanding anything in this article to the contrary, the commissioner has final approval of any transportation project. However, no state road funds may be used, singly or together with funds from any other source, for any purpose or in any manner contrary to or prohibited by the constitution and laws of this state or the federal government or where such use, in the sole discretion of the commissioner, would jeopardize receipt of federal funds.(b) All transportation projects that are accepted as part of the state road system, and all real property interests and appurtenances, are under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the commissioner, who may exercise the same rights and authority as he or she has over other transportation facilities in the state road system. As a condition of acceptance of a transportation project into the state road system, the commissioner may require that the project sponsor provide a dedicated revenue source for the continued operation and maintenance of the transportation project.(c) No state road funds may be used to finance a transportation project without the written approval of the commissioner.
WV Code § 17-28-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 28. West Virginia Community Empowerment Transportation Act|§17-28-9. Qualifying a Transportation Project as a Public Improvement

All transportation projects authorized under this article are public improvements and are subject to article five-a, chapter twenty-one of this code. Article twenty-two, chapter five of this code applies to all transportation projects authorized under this article. All construction, reconstruction, repair or improvement of transportation projects under this article will be awarded by competitive bidding. Competitive bids are to be solicited by the governmental entity sponsoring a transportation project for each construction contract in excess of $25,000 in total cost. Competitive bids must be solicited by the sponsoring governmental entity through publication of a Class II legal advertisement, as required by article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area is the county or municipality where the transportation facility is to be located. The advertisement must also be published as a Class II advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city of Charleston. The advertisement is to include the solicitations of sealed proposals for the construction of the transportation project, stating the time and place for the opening of bids. All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Construction contracts must be awarded to the lowest qualified responsible bidder, who furnishes a sufficient performance or payment bond. The sponsoring governmental entity has the right to reject all bids and solicit new bids for the construction contract. Article one-c, chapter twenty-one of this code applies to the construction of all transportation projects approved under this article.
WV Code § 17-28-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 28. West Virginia Community Empowerment Transportation Act|§17-28-10. Coordination and Development of Transportation Projects With Other Infrastructure; Information Sharing; Agreements Among Municipal Utilities and Public Service Districts to Participate in Transportation Projects; Rates to Include Costs Borne by Municipal Utilities and Public Service Districts in Coordination With Transportation Projects; Exemption From Public Service Commission Approval

(a) The commissioner is to encourage the joint and concurrent development and construction of transportation projects with other infrastructure including, without limitation, water and sewer infrastructure.(b) To coordinate and integrate the planning of transportation projects among local jurisdictions, all governing bodies, units of government, municipal utilities and public service districts within the affected local jurisdiction are to cooperate, participate, share information and give input when a project sponsor prepares a transportation project plan.(c) Municipal utilities and public service districts may enter into agreements with any project sponsor for the purpose of constructing new infrastructure facilities or substantially improving or expanding infrastructure facilities in conjunction with a transportation project and dedicating revenue or contributing moneys to transportation project costs. Each agreement must contain, at a minimum, engineering and construction standards, terms regarding the revenue sources, allocation of project costs and confirmation that the agreement does not violate any existing bond covenants. Each agreement shall also comply and be consistent with the comprehensive agreement applicable to the transportation project. No infrastructure facilities may be located or relocated within a right-of-way in, or to be included within, the state road system except in accordance with transportation project plans approved by the commissioner.(d) The rates charged by a municipal utility or public service district to customers in an affected local jurisdiction may include the additional cost borne by the municipal utility or public service district as a result of entering into an agreement with a project sponsor to contribute moneys or dedicate revenue to transportation project costs.(e) This article may not be construed to affect the authority of the Department of Environmental Protection nor the authority of the Department of Health and Human Resources pursuant to this code.(f) This article may not be construed to give the Public Service Commission authority to regulate or intervene in the approval and construction of any transportation project or any agreement between a project sponsor and a municipal utility or public service district under this article.
WV Code § 17-28-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 28. West Virginia Community Empowerment Transportation Act|§17-28-11. Excess Funds; Termination of User Fee

(a) When revenue bonds have been issued as provided in this article and the amount of user fees imposed pursuant to section five of this article and collected, less costs of administration, collection and enforcement, exceeds the amount needed to pay project costs and annual debt service, including the finding of required debt service and maintenance reserves, the additional amount shall be set aside in a separate fund and used to either fund transportation projects on a cash basis or retire some or all of the outstanding revenue bonds before their maturity date. The county commission may establish a call date for which bonds must be refunded with excess funds after a date determined by the county commission.(b) Once the revenue bonds issued as provided in this article are no longer outstanding or a certified public accountant certifies that sufficient reserves have been or will be accumulated as of a specified date to pay all future debt service on the outstanding bonds, the user fee that is applicable to those specific bonds shall be discontinued. Termination of the user fee as provided in this section shall not bar or otherwise prevent the county commission from collecting user fees that accrued before the termination date.
WV Code § 17-28-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 28. West Virginia Community Empowerment Transportation Act|§17-28-12. Severability

If any section, clause, provision or portion of this article shall be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect any other section, clause or provision of this article which is not in and of itself unconstitutional.
WV Code § 17-29-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 29. Transportation Network Companies|§17-29-1. Definitions

As used in this article:(1) "Personal vehicle" means a vehicle that is:(a) Used by a transportation network company driver to provide a prearranged ride;(b) Owned, leased or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation network company driver; and(c) Not a taxicab or for-hire vehicle.(2) "Digital network” means any online-enabled application, software, website or system offered or utilized by a transportation network company that enables the prearrangement of rides with transportation network company drivers.(3) "Transportation network company" means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity that is licensed pursuant to this article and operating in West Virginia that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide prearranged rides. A transportation network company does not control, direct or manage the personal vehicles or transportation network company drivers that connect to its digital network, except where agreed to by written contract.(4) “Transportation network company driver" or "driver" means an individual who:(A) Receives connections to potential passengers and related services from a transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to the transportation network company; and(B) Uses a personal vehicle to offer or provide a prearranged ride to transportation network company riders upon connection through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company in return for compensation or payment of a fee.(5) "Transportation network company rider" or "rider" means an individual or persons who use a transportation network company’s digital network to connect with a transportation network company driver who provides prearranged rides to the rider in the driver’s personal vehicle between points chosen by the rider.(6) "Prearranged ride" means the provision of transportation by a driver to a transportation network company rider, beginning when a driver accepts a transportation network company rider’s request for a ride through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continuing while the driver transports the requesting rider, and ending when the last requesting rider departs from the personal vehicle. A prearranged ride does not include:(A) Transportation provided using a taxi, limousine or other for-hire vehicle; or(B) Transportation provided under a ridesharing arrangement, as defined in section one, article twenty-two, chapter seventeen-c of this code or any other type of arrangement or service in which the driver receives a fee that does not exceed the driver’s costs associated with providing the ride.
WV Code § 17-29-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 29. Transportation Network Companies|§17-29-2. Not Other Carriers

Transportation network companies or transportation network company drivers are not common carriers by motor vehicle or contract carriers by motor vehicle, or motor carriers, as defined in section two, article one, chapter twenty-four-a of this code, nor do they provide taxicab or for-hire vehicle services.
WV Code § 17-29-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 29. Transportation Network Companies|§17-29-3. Transportation Network Company Permit Required

(a) A person may not operate a transportation network company in West Virginia without first having obtained a permit from the Division of Motor Vehicles.(b) The Division of Motor Vehicles shall issue a permit to each applicant that:(1) Provides proof of an agent for service of process in the State of West Virginia to the Division of Motor Vehicles in accordance with section four of this article;(2) Provides a copy of a certificate of insurance maintained by the transportation network company in accordance with section eight of this article;(3) Provides a copy of the transportation network company’s zero tolerance for drug or alcohol use policy to the Division of Motor Vehicles in accordance with section twelve of this article;(4) Provides a copy of the transportation network company’s policy prohibiting solicitation or acceptance of street hails to the Division of Motor Vehicles in accordance with section fifteen of this article;(5) Provides a copy of the transportation network company’s policy prohibiting solicitation or acceptance of cash payments from riders to the Division of Motor Vehicles in accordance with section sixteen of this article;(6) Provides a copy of the transportation network company’s policy of nondiscrimination with respect to riders and potential riders to the Division of Motor Vehicles in accordance with section seventeen of this article; and(7) Has paid an annual permit fee of $1,000 to the Division of Motor Vehicles.(c) Any fees collected under the provisions of this article shall be deposited into the Motor Vehicle Fees Fund established in accordance with section twenty-one, article two, chapter seventeen-a of this code. The Division of Motor Vehicles shall use the fees collected for the payment of the costs and expenses necessary for the administration of this article.
WV Code § 17-29-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 29. Transportation Network Companies|§17-29-4. Agent

A transportation network company shall maintain an agent for service of process in this state.
WV Code § 17-29-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 29. Transportation Network Companies|§17-29-5. Fare Collected for Services

On behalf of a transportation network company driver, a transportation network company may charge a fare for the services provided to riders: Provided, that if a fare is collected from a rider, the transportation network company shall disclose to the rider the fare calculation method on its website or within the software application service. The transportation network company shall also provide riders with the applicable rates being charged and the option to receive an estimated fare before the rider enters the transportation network company driver’s vehicle.
WV Code § 17-29-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 29. Transportation Network Companies|§17-29-6. Identification of Transportation Network Company Vehicles and Drivers

The transportation network company’s software application or website shall display a picture of the transportation network company driver and the license plate number of the motor vehicle utilized for providing the prearranged ride before the rider enters the transportation network company driver’s vehicle.
WV Code § 17-29-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 29. Transportation Network Companies|§17-29-7. Electronic Receipt

Within a reasonable period of time following the completion of a prearranged ride, a transportation network company shall transmit an electronic receipt to the rider on behalf of the transportation network company driver that lists:(a) The origin and destination of the prearranged ride;(b) The total time and distance of the prearranged ride; and(c) An itemization of the total fare paid, if any.
WV Code § 17-29-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 29. Transportation Network Companies|§17-29-9. Disclosures

The transportation network company shall disclose in writing to transportation network company drivers the following before they are allowed to accept a request for a prearranged ride on the transportation network company’s digital network:(1) The insurance coverage, including the types of coverage and the limits for each coverage that the transportation network company provides while the transportation network company driver uses a personal vehicle in connection with a transportation network company’s digital network; and(2) That the transportation network company driver’s own automobile insurance policy might not provide any coverage while the driver is logged on to the transportation network company’s digital network and is available to receive transportation requests or is engaged in a prearranged ride, depending on its terms.
WV Code § 17-29-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 29. Transportation Network Companies|§17-29-10. Automobile Insurance Provisions

(a) Insurers that write automobile insurance in this state may exclude any and all coverage afforded under the policy issued to an owner or operator of a personal vehicle for any loss or injury that occurs while a driver is logged on to a transportation network company’s digital network or while a driver provides a prearranged ride. This right to exclude all coverage may apply to any coverage included in an automobile insurance policy including, but not limited to:(1) Liability coverage for bodily injury and property damage;(2) Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage;(3) Medical payments coverage;(4) Comprehensive physical damage coverage; and(5) Collision physical damage coverage.Such exclusions apply notwithstanding any requirement under article four, chapter seventeen-d of this code. Nothing in this section implies or requires that a personal automobile insurance policy provide coverage while the driver is logged on to the transportation network company’s digital network, while the driver is engaged in a prearranged ride or while the driver otherwise uses a vehicle to transport passengers for compensation. Nothing shall be deemed to preclude an insurer from providing coverage for the transportation network company driver’s vehicle, if it so chooses to do so by contract or endorsement.(b) Automobile insurers that exclude the coverage described in section eight of this article have no duty to defend or indemnify any claim expressly excluded thereunder. Nothing in this article invalidates or limits an exclusion contained in a policy, including any policy in use or approved for use in this state prior to the enactment of this article that excludes coverage for vehicles used to carry persons or property for a charge or available for hire by the public. An automobile insurer that defends or indemnifies a claim against a driver that is excluded under the terms of its policy shall have a right of contribution against other insurers that provide automobile insurance to the same driver in satisfaction of the coverage requirements of section eight of this article at the time of loss. (c) In a claims coverage investigation, transportation network companies and any insurer providing coverage under section eight of this article shall cooperate to facilitate the exchange of relevant information with directly involved parties and any insurer of the transportation network company driver if applicable, including the precise times that a transportation network company driver logged on and off of the transportation network company’s digital network in the twelve hour period immediately preceding and in the twelve hour period immediately following the accident and disclose to one another a clear description of the coverage, exclusions and limits provided under any automobile insurance maintained under section eight of this article.
WV Code § 17-29-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 29. Transportation Network Companies|§17-29-11. Limitation on Transportation Network Companies

(a) Drivers are independent contractors and not employees of the transportation network company if all of the following conditions are met:(1) The transportation network company does not prescribe specific hours during which a transportation network company driver must be logged into the transportation network company’s digital network;(2) The transportation network company imposes no restrictions on the transportation network company driver’s ability to utilize digital networks from other transportation network companies;(3) The transportation network company does not assign a transportation network company driver a particular territory in which to operate;(4) The transportation network company does not restrict a transportation network company driver from engaging in any other occupation or business; and(5) The transportation network company and transportation network company driver agree in writing that the driver is an independent contractor of the transportation network company.(b) A transportation network company operating under this article is not required to provide workers’ compensation coverage to a transportation network company driver that is classified as an independent contractor pursuant to this section.
WV Code § 17-29-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 29. Transportation Network Companies|§17-29-12. Zero Tolerance for Drug or Alcohol Use

(a) The transportation network company shall implement a zero tolerance policy regarding a transportation network company driver’s activities while accessing the transportation network company’s digital network. The zero tolerance policy shall address the use of drugs or alcohol while a transportation network company driver is providing prearranged rides or is logged into the transportation network company’s digital network but is not providing prearranged rides, and the transportation network company shall provide notice of this policy on its website, as well as procedures to report a complaint about a driver with whom a rider was matched and whom the rider reasonably suspects was under the influence of drugs or alcohol during the course of the trip.(b) Upon receipt of such rider complaint alleging a violation of the zero tolerance policy, the transportation network company shall immediately suspend such transportation network company driver’s access to the transportation network company’s digital network and shall conduct an investigation into the reported incident. The suspension shall last the duration of the investigation.(c) The transportation network company shall maintain records relevant to the enforcement of this requirement for a period of at least two years from the date that a rider complaint is received by the transportation network company.