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WV Code § 19-21B-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 21B. Watershed Improvement Districts|§19-21B-13. Discontinuance of Watershed Improvement Districts

At any time after five years from the organization of a watershed improvement district, any twenty-five owners of land lying within the limits of the district, or a majority of such owners if their number be less than fifty, or any municipality or county any part of which lies within the district, may file a petition with the governing body of the district, praying that the existence of the district be discontinued. The petition shall state the reasons for discontinuance, and that all obligations of the district have been met.The governing body of the district may conduct public hearings on the petition to assist it in making a determination.If it is found that all the obligations of the district have been met, the governing body shall consider the question of whether soil conservation or the conservation development, utilization, or disposal of water will be promoted by the continuance of the district. If the governing body shall determine that none of these objectives will be promoted, it shall so notify the state soil conservation committee which may declare the district to be discontinued and shall record such fact in its official minutes. Following such entry in its official minutes, the committee shall certify the fact of the discontinuance to the Secretary of State and shall furnish a copy of such certification for recordation to the clerk of the county court in each county in which any portion of the district is situated; and the district shall thereupon cease to exist.
WV Code § 19-23-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing|§19-23-1. License Required for Horse and Dog Racing and Pari-Mutuel Wagering in Connection Therewith; Exception

(a) No association shall hold or conduct any horse or dog race meeting at which horse or dog racing is permitted for any purse unless such association possesses a license therefor from the West Virginia Racing Commission and complies with the provisions of this article and all reasonable rules and regulations of such Racing Commission.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the provisions of this article shall not be construed to prevent in any way the use without a license of any grounds, enclosure or racetrack owned and controlled by any association for any local, county or state fair, horse show or agriculture or livestock exposition, even though horse or dog racing be there conducted, if the pari-mutuel system of wagering upon the results of such horse or dog racing is neither permitted nor conducted with the knowledge or acquiescence of the association conducting such horse or dog racing.
WV Code § 19-23-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing|§19-23-2. Permits Required for Horse and Dog Racetrack Positions; Residency Requirements for Employees of Licensees

(a) No person not required to be licensed under the provisions of section one of this article shall participate in or have anything to do with horse or dog racing for a purse or a horse or dog race meeting at any licensee's horse or dog racetrack, place or enclosure, where the pari-mutuel system of wagering upon the results of such horse or dog racing is permitted or conducted, as a horse owner, dog owner, jockey, apprentice jockey, exercise boy, kennel keeper, trainer, groom, plater, stable foreman, valet, veterinarian, agent, clerk of the scales, starter, assistant starter, timer, judge or pari-mutuel employee, or in any other capacity specified in reasonable rules and regulations of the Racing Commission unless such person possesses a permit therefor from the West Virginia Racing Commission and complies with the provisions of this article and all reasonable rules and regulations of such Racing Commission.(b) At least eighty percent of the individuals employed by a licensee at any horse or dog race meeting must be citizens and residents of this state and must have been such citizens and residents for at least one year. For the purpose of this subsection, citizens and residents of this state shall be construed to mean individuals who maintain a permanent place of residence in this state, and have been bona fide residents and citizens of this state for a period of one year immediately prior to the filing of their applications for employment. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to individuals engaged in the construction of a horse or dog racetrack or in the equipping of same, nor to racing officials designated by the Racing Commission or racing officials designated by the executive officials of a licensee.
WV Code § 19-23-7a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing|§19-23-7a. Applicants for Licenses and Permits to Provide Fingerprints

(a) All new applicants for licenses issued by the Racing Commission, pursuant to section one of this article, shall be required to furnish fingerprints for examination by the criminal identification bureau of the division of public safety and the federal bureau of investigation. The fingerprints shall be furnished by all persons required to be named in the application pursuant to subsection (a) of section seven of this article and shall be accompanied by a signed authorization for the release of information by the criminal investigation bureau and the federal bureau of investigation.(b) The Racing Commission may require any applicant seeking the renewal of a license or the issuance or renewal of a permit to furnish fingerprints for examination by the criminal identification bureau of the division of public safety and the federal bureau of investigation. The Racing Commission may require all or any part of the persons required to be named in an application pursuant to section seven of this article to provide fingerprints and the fingerprints shall be accompanied by a signed authorization for the release of information by the criminal investigation bureau and the federal bureau of investigation.
WV Code § 19-23-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing|§19-23-11. Revenues From Horse Racing and Dog Racing to Be Paid Into a Special Account to Fund Commission Expenses

All revenues collected pursuant to the provisions of this article as license taxes or pari-mutuel pools taxes on horse racing and dog racing shall be paid by the Racing Commission to the State Treasurer who shall deposit the revenues in a special account to be denominated by him or her. The revenues in the special account shall first be available to the commission to pay salaries and other budgeted expenses for the commission, not to exceed the amounts appropriated for such purposes in the budget bill for each fiscal year. Revenues in excess of the budgeted expenses of the commission shall be accumulated and transferred to the General Revenue Fund. The Racing Commission shall remit all collected revenues to the State Treasurer at least one time during each thirty-day period of each racing season, and a final remittance as to any particular horse race or dog race meeting shall be made within thirty days from and after the close of each horse race or dog race meeting.
WV Code § 19-23-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing|§19-23-12. License to Be in Lieu of All Other License, etc., Taxes; Exception

The license tax imposed in section ten of this article shall be in lieu of all other license, income, excise, special or franchise taxes of this state, and no county or municipality or other political subdivision of this state shall be empowered to levy or impose any license, income, pari- mutuel, excise, special or franchise tax on any racing association engaged in the business of conducting a horse or dog race meeting at which horse or dog races are run for purses under the jurisdiction of and being licensed by the Racing Commission, or on the operation or maintenance of the pari-mutuel system of wagering, or on the sale of any commodity during a horse or dog race meeting at which horse or dog races are run, or at any such horse or dog racetrack nor shall there be, hereafter, any imposition of tax pursuant to articles twelve, thirteen or fifteen of chapter eleven of this code on the income or receipts of owners, trainers or jockeys directly arising from their services which are essential to the effective conduct of a horse or dog racing meeting: Provided, That the foregoing provisions of this section shall in no way affect, abridge or abolish the authority of a municipality to impose the license tax authorized by the provisions of section eight, article thirteen, chapter eight of this code.
WV Code § 19-23-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing|§19-23-14. Disposition of Permit Fees, Registration Fees and Civil Penalties

(a) All permit fees and fees paid for the registration of colors or assumed names collected by the Racing Commission shall be paid by the commission to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Racing Commissions general administrative account.(b) All civil penalties imposed by the stewards, or the commission against thoroughbred horse racing licensees or permit holders shall be paid into a fund for expenses associated with the post-mortem examination of thoroughbreds that suffer breakdowns on a racetrack, in training or in competition, and that are euthanized, or thoroughbreds that expire while stabled on a racetrack under the jurisdiction of the Racing Commission: Provided, That any balance in the fund at the end of any fiscal year in excess of $10,000, less any outstanding obligations, shall be divided equally and may be expended by the Racing Commission for the following:(1) To aid in the rescue, retraining, rehabilitation and aftercare of thoroughbred racehorses that are no longer able to compete on the racetracks in this state pursuant to rules promulgated by the Racing Commission to govern such expenditures. (2) To aid in the payment of hospitalization, medical care and funeral expenses occasioned by injuries or death sustained by a thoroughbred racing permit holder at a licensed thoroughbred racetrack in this state pursuant to rules promulgated by the Racing Commission to govern such expenditures: Provided, That no payment shall be made for any hospitalization, medical care or funeral expenses to any thoroughbred racing permit holder who is covered under workers compensation insurance or who is covered under any insurance policy that provides full or partial payments for hospitalization, medical care or funeral expenses.(c) All civil penalties imposed by the judges or the commission against greyhound racing licensees or permit holders shall be paid into a fund to be expended for greyhound adoption programs involving West Virginia whelped dogs owned by residents of this state pursuant to rules promulgated by the Racing Commission.
WV Code § 19-23-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing|§19-23-15. Investigation by Racing Commission; Suspension or Revocation of License or Permit

(a) The Racing Commission may conduct an investigation to determine whether any provisions of this article or any of its reasonable rules and regulations have been or are about to be violated by a licensee or permit holder. The Racing Commission may suspend or revoke a license or permit if the licensee or permit holder, as the case may be:(1) Is convicted of an offense which, under the law of this state, of any other state or of the United States of America, shall constitute a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude;(2) Is, if a corporation, dissolved under the law of this state or ceases to be qualified to do business within this state; or(3) Has a license or permit to which such licensee or permit holder is not lawfully entitled.(b) The Racing Commission may also suspend or revoke a license or permit of a licensee or permit holder, as the case may be, if it finds the existence of any ground upon which the license or permit could have been refused, or any ground which would be cause for refusing a license or permit to such licensee or permit holder were such licensee or permit holder then applying for the same.(c) A majority of the stewards at any horse or dog race meeting may suspend or revoke a permit for any reason for which the Racing Commission may suspend or revoke a permit, as specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or for any other reason authorized by reasonable rules and regulations promulgated by the Racing Commission.(d) Whenever a licensee fails to keep the bond required, if any, under the provisions of section seven of this article in full force and effect, the license of such licensee shall automatically be suspended unless and until a bond or other security, if required, is furnished to the Racing Commission, in which event the suspension shall be vacated.(e) Any suspension of a license or permit shall continue for the period specified in the order of suspension, or until the cause therefor has been eliminated or corrected, as set forth in the order of suspension. Revocation of a license or permit shall not preclude application for a new license or permit, which application shall be processed in the same manner and the application approved or denied and the license or permit issued or refused on the same grounds as any other application for a license or permit is processed, considered and passed upon, except that any previous suspension and the revocation may be given such weight in deciding whether to approve or deny such application and issue or refuse such license or permit as is meet and proper under all of the circumstances.
WV Code § 19-23-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing|§19-23-17. Judicial Review; Appeal to Supreme Court of Appeals; Legal Representation for Racing Commission

Any person adversely affected by a decision of the Racing Commission rendered after a hearing held in accordance with the provisions of section sixteen of this article shall be entitled to judicial review thereof. All of the pertinent provisions of section four, article five, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code shall apply to and govern such judicial review with like effect as if the provisions of said section four were set forth in this section, except that execution of a decision of suspension or revocation of a license shall be stayed or suspended pending a final judicial determination, and except that execution of a decision of suspension or revocation of a permit shall not be stayed or suspended pending a final judicial determination.The judgment of the circuit court shall be final unless reversed, vacated or modified on appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals in accordance with the provisions of section one, article six, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.Legal counsel and services for the Racing Commission in all appeal proceedings in any circuit court and the Supreme Court of Appeals shall be provided by the Attorney General or his assistants and in any circuit court by the prosecuting attorney of the county as well, all without additional compensation. The Racing Commission, with the written approval of the Attorney General, may employ special counsel to represent the Racing Commission at any such appeal proceedings.
WV Code § 19-23-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing|§19-23-19. Tentative Approval of Application for Construction Permit; Denial of Application; Publication of Notice

(a) Upon the basis of the application and all other information before it, the Racing Commission shall make and enter an order granting tentative approval of the application if it finds:(1) That the applicant intends to proceed in good faith to construct and establish a horse or dog racetrack complying in all particulars with the law of this state, the provisions of this article and any reasonable rules and regulations of the Racing Commission;(2) That the plans for such proposed horse or dog racetrack are adequate and have been prepared with due regard to the safety of all persons who will use such horse or dog racetrack;(3) That the applicant is financially able to complete such horse or dog racetrack in accordance with the plans submitted with such application; and(4) That the construction and establishment of such proposed horse or dog racetrack would be in the best interests of horse or dog racing within this state.(b) Otherwise, the Racing Commission shall deny the application and refuse to grant tentative approval thereof. The Racing Commission shall make and enter an order to that effect and all of the provisions of section sixteen pertaining to the denial of any application for a license and an order in connection therewith and the provisions of section seventeen pertaining to judicial review of a decision of the Racing Commission shall govern and control. The denial and refusal shall be final and conclusive unless a hearing thereon shall be demanded pursuant to the provisions of section sixteen of this article considered in pari materia with the preceding sentence of this subsection (b).(c) If the Racing Commission grants tentative approval of such application, it shall prepare and publish a notice to the public that the Racing Commission has granted tentative approval of the application and that the Racing Commission will confirm such tentative approval and issue a construction permit to the applicant at the expiration of sixty days from the date of the first publication of such notice (which date shall be specified in said notice), unless within said time a petition for a local option election shall have been filed, in accordance with the provisions of this article, with the county commission of the county in which any integral part of said horse or dog racetrack is proposed to be constructed and established. Such notice shall be published 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 county in which any integral part of such proposed horse or dog racetrack is to be constructed and is established.
WV Code § 19-23-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing|§19-23-20. Petition for Local Option Election

A petition for a local option election on the question of the proposed construction and establishment of a horse or dog racetrack must be signed by qualified voters residing within the county equal to at least fifteen percent of the qualified voters within said county at the last general election. Said petition may be in any number of counterparts, but must be filed with the county commission prior to the expiration of the sixty-day period specified in the notice published by the Racing Commission in accordance with the provisions of section nineteen of this article. Said petition shall be sufficient if in substantially the following form: "PETITION FOR LOCAL OPTION ELECTION CONCERNING THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A (HORSE OR DOG) RACETRACK IN _________________ COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA."Each of the undersigned certifies that he or she is an individual residing in ______________ County, West Virginia, and is a qualified voter in said county under the laws of this state, and that his or her name, address and the date of signing this petition are correctly set forth below."The undersigned petition the county commission to call and hold a local option election as required by article twenty- three, chapter nineteen of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, upon the following question: 'Shall the West Virginia Racing Commission issue a construction permit authorizing the construction and establishment of a (horse or dog) racetrack where (horse or dog) race meetings may be held or conducted and the pari-mutuel system of wagering permitted and conducted in _______________ County, West Virginia?'Name Address Date_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(Each individual signing must specify either his post-office address or his street name and number.)"
WV Code § 19-23-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 19. Agriculture|Article 23. Horse and Dog Racing|§19-23-21. Local Option Election Procedure; Form of Ballots or Ballot Labels

(a) Upon the timely filing of a proper petition for a local option election in accordance with the provisions of section twenty of this article, the county commission of the county in which all or any integral part of a proposed horse or dog racetrack is to be constructed and established is hereby authorized to call a local option election for the purpose of determining the will of the qualified voters within said county as to the construction and establishment of all or any integral part of such horse or dog racetrack within said county. Upon the timely filing of a proper petition as aforesaid, the county commission shall enter an order calling for a local option election and providing that the same shall be held at the same time and as a part of the next primary or general election to be held in said county. A copy of the order so entered by the county commission shall be served upon the Racing Commission and the Racing Commission shall take no further action in connection with the issuance of such construction permit until said local option election shall be held. Said county commission shall give notice of such local option election by publication of such notice as a Class II-0 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. Such notice shall be so published within fourteen consecutive days next preceding the date of said election.(b) The local option election ballots, or ballot labels where voting machines are used, shall have printed thereon substantially the following:"Shall the West Virginia Racing Commission issue a construction permit authorizing the construction and establishment of a (horse or dog) racetrack where (horse or dog) race meetings may be held or conducted and the pari- mutuel system of wagering permitted and conducted? / / Yes / / No (Place a cross mark in the square opposite your choice.)"(c) Each individual qualified to vote in said county at a primary or general election shall likewise be qualified to vote at the local option election. The election officers appointed and qualified to serve as such at said primary or general election shall conduct said local option election in connection with and as a part of said primary or general election. The votes in said local option election shall be counted and returns made by the election officers, the results certified by the commissioners of election to said county commission which shall canvass the ballots, all in accordance with the laws of this state relating to primary and general elections insofar as the same are applicable. The county commission shall, without delay, canvass the votes cast at such local option election and certify the results thereof to the Racing Commission.