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WV Code § 17-16B-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-21. Preliminary Expenses

The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized, in his or her discretion, to expend out of any funds available for the purpose, such moneys as may be necessary for the study of any public port economic development or tourism project or projects and to use the division of highway's engineering and other forces, including consulting engineers and traffic engineers, for the purpose of effecting such study and to pay for such additional engineering and traffic and other expert studies as he may deem expedient; and all such expenses incurred by the state Department of Transportation and the state Division of Highways prior to the issuance of public port revenue bonds or revenue refunding bonds under the provisions of this article shall be paid by the state division of highways or the state Department of Transportation and charged to the appropriate project or projects, and the state Division of Highways and the state Department of Transportation shall keep proper records and accounts showing each amount so charged. Upon the sale of public port revenue bonds or revenue refunding bonds for any public port project or projects, the funds so expended by the state Division of Highways or the state Department of Transportation in connection with such project or projects shall be reimbursed to the state Division of Highways and the state Department of Transportation from the proceeds of such bonds.
WV Code § 17-16B-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-22. Public Port Revenue Refunding Bonds -- Generally

The public port authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of public port revenue refunding bonds of the state for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this article, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds; and if deemed advisable by the public port authority, for the additional purpose of constructing improvements, extensions or enlargements of the project or projects in connection with which the bonds to be refunded shall have been issued.The public port authority is further authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of public port refunding revenue bonds of the state for the combined purpose of two or more of the following: (a) Refunding any public port bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this article, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds; and (b) paying all or any part of the cost of any additional public port project or projects.The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties and obligations of the public port authority in respect of the same, shall be governed by the provisions of this article insofar as the same may be applicable.
WV Code § 17-16C-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16C. Division of Public Transit|§17-16C-1. Creation of Division

The division of public transit is hereby created and is under the supervision of the secretary of transportation pursuant to the provisions of chapter five-f of this code.
WV Code § 17-16C-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16C. Division of Public Transit|§17-16C-2. Designation of Department

The Department of Transportation through the division of public transit is hereby designated as the agency of this state responsible for administering all federal and state programs relating to public transportation.
WV Code § 17-16C-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16C. Division of Public Transit|§17-16C-3. Powers and Duties of the Division

The division has the power to:(a) Assist in the development of improved public transportation facilities, services, equipment, techniques and methods, with the cooperation of transportation carriers, both public and private;(b) Enhance the mobility of all residents of the state, particularly those who by age, income or physical limitation experience serious transportation disadvantages;(c) Manage publicly funded transportation resources in a cost effective manner and endeavor to achieve an increased ridership with available resources;(d) Establish a system to adequately coordinate and distribute publicly funded transportation services within the state, including, but not limited to, transportation services for senior citizens, for participants in head start programs, for disabled citizens and for private nonprofit organizations and to establish a pilot project or projects as an initial part of implementing a system of coordination and distribution;(e) Maintain a cooperative working relationship with public and private transportation providers, private nonprofit organizations, local planning and development councils, other state agencies and the federal government;(f) Coordinate and assist various public and private transportation entities in strengthening their development and operation of public transportation facilities and services;(g) Coordinate with other states and the federal government the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of public transportation facilities in the state having an interstate impact;(h) Acquire, plan, hold, construct, improve, maintain and operate, own or lease, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, all facilities necessary or incidental thereto for the operation of public transportation systems in the state;(i) Apply for and receive from the federal government or from any other person, corporation, association or other entity, any grants in aid or gifts to be used for public transportation related purposes;(j) Provide financial assistance to local transportation agencies to the extent authorized by the Legislature and federal grants: Provided, That no county or local government may reduce the level of funding for transportation services in place upon the effective date of this section and be eligible to receive financial assistance pursuant to this section;(k) Enter into contracts with other agencies of the state, other public bodies, private firms or individuals to provide technical services or public transportation related services;(l) Exercise or perform any power, duty, responsibility or function in carrying out public transportation related activities which are essential to the completion of the projects;(m) Insure local matching funds with state or local money, or both, for federal assistance projects; and(n) Implement rules necessary to accomplish its assigned duties.
WV Code § 17-16C-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16C. Division of Public Transit|§17-16C-4. Public Transit Advisory Council

There is hereby created the West Virginia public transit advisory council which shall consist of eleven members, selected by the Governor, who shall serve for two-year terms commencing on April 1, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two, and who shall serve at the will and pleasure of the Governor. The membership of the council shall be broadly representative of those groups affected by the implementation of this article: Provided, That no more than four of the members of the council shall reside in the same congressional district. No more than six members may be of the same political party. The members of the council shall serve without compensation and without provision for their expenses related to the work of the council. The council shall provide consultation, on an advisory basis, to the division of public transit on matters related to the implementation of the pilot program or programs referred to in subdivision (d), section three of this article.
WV Code § 17-16C-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16C. Division of Public Transit|§17-16C-5. Assistance of Other State Agencies

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, at the division's request and as mutually agreed upon, other state departments, divisions or agencies may enter into agreements with the division to assist or undertake projects that are beneficial to public transportation. All expenses and other requirements connected with the projects remain the responsibility of the division of public transit.
WV Code § 17-16D-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16D. Electronic Toll Collection|§17-16D-1. Legislative Findings and Purpose

The Legislature finds and declares that the use of electronic and video technology for collection of tolls on roads, highways and bridges will benefit the citizens of this state by making toll roads, highways and bridges in this state safer and collection of tolls more efficient, by easing traffic congestion, by improving traffic flow, by furthering economic development and by promoting and enhancing more efficient commercial traffic and the shipment of goods in the state. This article shall be known as and may be cited as the "Electronic Toll Collection Act."
WV Code § 17-16D-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16D. Electronic Toll Collection|§17-16D-2. Definitions

The following words and phrases have the following meanings when used in this article:(1) "Authority" or "Parkways Authority" means the West Virginia Parkways Authority established by article sixteen-a of this chapter.(2) "Division" means the Division of Highways of the West Virginia Department of Transportation, except where another division is clearly identified.(3) "Electronic toll collection" means a system of collecting tolls or charges that has or includes the capability of charging an account holder, owner or operator of a vehicle for the prescribed toll:(A) By electronic transmission of information between a device on a vehicle and a device located in a toll lane or otherwise used at a toll collection facility; or(B) By means of a video collection system.(4) "Owner" means any person in whose name a motor vehicle is registered under:(A) Article three, chapter seventeen-a of this code;(B) The laws of another state;(C) The laws of a foreign county; or(D) The International Registration Plan.(5) "Toll collection facility" or "toll facility" means any facility, including all related structures, equipment, systems and software, used in connection with collecting or charging tolls for a toll road, highway or bridge in this state, regardless of whether the facility is located on, over or adjacent to the toll road, highway or bridge and regardless of whether the facility has toll lanes with toll booths and toll collection equipment that require passing vehicles to stop or slow down in order to pay a toll or uses additional or different methods, structures, technology and equipment in order to charge or collect tolls from some vehicles passing under or by the facility at highway speeds: Provided, That any such facility shall have the ability to accept cash for the payment of tolls.(6) "Toll road" means any road, highway or bridge in this state upon which there is a toll administered, collected and enforced by the Parkways Authority or on behalf of the Authority.(7) "Video collection system" means a vehicle sensor, placed in a location to work in conjunction with a toll collection facility, that automatically produces a videotape or photograph, microphotograph or other recorded image of the front or rear portion, or both front and rear portion, of each vehicle at the time the vehicle is used or operated on the toll facility in order to charge or collect tolls or detect violations of this article. This phrase includes, without limitation: (A) Any other technology which identifies a vehicle by photographic, electronic or other method; and (B) all related toll invoices, billing notices and other toll collection and violation enforcement efforts made using any such technology and information.
WV Code § 17-16D-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16D. Electronic Toll Collection|§17-16D-3. Electronic Toll Collection Authorized

Notwithstanding the provisions of article sixteen-a and section five-b, article seventeen-a of this chapter and section seven-a, article six, chapter seventeen-c of this code to the contrary, the collection and enforcement of tolls for the use of roads, highways and bridges may be accomplished by electronic toll collection as provided in this article and in rules promulgated by authority of this article.
WV Code § 17-16D-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16D. Electronic Toll Collection|§17-16D-4. Advanced Warning Signs

Before enforcing a toll, the Parkways Authority, or the operator of the toll facility, must install advance warning signs along the toll road, highway or bridge preceding the location at which the toll collection facility is located.
WV Code § 17-16D-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16D. Electronic Toll Collection|§17-16D-6. Liability of Owner

(a) All owners and operators of motor vehicles shall pay the posted toll when on any toll road, highway, or bridge authorized by the Legislature, including any toll collected by a private toll transportation facility pursuant to 17-17-38 of this code, either by paying the toll at a toll collection facility on the toll road, highway, or bridge at the time of travel thereon or by paying the toll within the time prescribed for toll payment in a toll billing notice or invoice generated by an electronic toll collection system. These tolls may be collected by electronic toll collection. If an owner or operator of a vehicle fails to pay the prescribed toll when due, the owner of the vehicle is in violation of this article.(b) If a violation occurs, the registration plate number of the vehicle as recorded by a video collection system establishes a rebuttable presumption for civil enforcement purposes that the owner of the vehicle was operating the vehicle, or had consented to another person operating the vehicle, at that time. This presumption may be overcome only if the owner: (1) proves by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she was not in fact operating the vehicle at the time; and (2) identifies by name and mailing address the person who was operating the vehicle.(c) If the presumption is not overcome by a preponderance of the evidence, the owner of the vehicle shall be found to have violated this article and be held responsible for payment of the tolls and the administrative fees and money penalties imposed by this article for failure to timely pay the tolls.(d) Nothing in this section prohibits: (1) A law-enforcement officer from issuing a citation to a person in control of a vehicle for a violation of this article or other provisions of law at the time of the violation; (2) the Parkways Authority from issuing reminder notices or making other communications directly or indirectly in connection with toll collection efforts or efforts to enforce violations of this article. The Parkways Authority is authorized to use secondary sources of information and services including, but not limited to, services such as the National Change of Address Service or skip tracing services; or (3) a private toll transportation facility from issuing any notices, reminders, or other communications in connection with its toll collection efforts pursuant to 17-17-38(c) and 17-17-38(d) of this code.
WV Code § 17-16D-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16D. Electronic Toll Collection|§17-16D-7. Owner Who Is Lessor

(a) An owner of a vehicle who is a lessor of the vehicle used in violation of the toll collection monitoring system regulations of the authority shall not be responsible for the violation of this article if the lessor submits to the Parkways Authority, in a timely manner, the name and address of the lessee who leased the vehicle on the day of the violation: Provided, That a lessor shall provide a copy of the rental agreement, lease or other contract document covering that vehicle on the date of the violation to the Parkways Authority upon written request for a violation that is in litigation.(b) If the lessor fails to provide the information in a timely manner, the lessor shall be held responsible for the violation of this article. If the lessor provides the required information to the Parkways Authority, the lessee of the vehicle on the date of the violation shall be deemed to be the owner of the vehicle for the purposes of enforcement of the violation of this article.(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a certified report of an employee or agent of the authority reporting a violation of the toll collection monitoring system rules and regulations and any information obtained from a toll collection monitoring system shall be available for the exclusive use of the Parkways Authority and any law enforcement official for the purposes of discharging their duties under this article and the toll collection monitoring system rules and regulations. Any such report or information shall not be deemed a public record under article one, chapter twenty-nine-b of this code or the common law concerning access to public records. The certified reports and information, including but not limited to, any recorded image of any motor vehicle, the license plate of any motor vehicle or the operator or any passenger in any motor vehicle, shall not be discoverable as a public record by any person, entity or governmental agency, except pursuant to a properly issued subpoena or by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, nor shall they be offered in evidence in any civil or administrative proceeding, not directly related to a violation of the toll collection monitoring system rules and regulations, or in any municipal court prosecution for a violation of the motor vehicle laws of this state. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), section nine of this article, a recorded image of the face of the operator or any passenger in a motor vehicle is produced by the toll collection monitoring system, that image shall not be used by the Parkways Authority for any purpose nor shall the image or any record or copy thereof be transmitted or communicated to any person, governmental, non-governmental, or judicial or administrative entity.
WV Code § 17-16D-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16D. Electronic Toll Collection|§17-16D-8. Placement of Electronic Toll Collection Devices

An electronic toll collection device that is properly affixed to the front windshield of a vehicle in accordance with rules promulgated by the Parkways Authority, or is mounted elsewhere on a vehicle in accordance with mounting instructions of the manufacturer of the device included with the device, or is otherwise used in a manner that makes it operate as intended, is not a violation of section thirty-six, article fifteen, chapter seventeen-c of this code.
WV Code § 17-16D-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16D. Electronic Toll Collection|§17-16D-10. Evading Tolls; Damaging, Interfering With, or Obstructing Video Toll Collection or Infrastructure; Violations and Criminal Penalties

(a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally evades or seeks to evade the payment of tolls, rents, fees, or charges established by the Parkways Authority for the use of any toll facility under the jurisdiction of the Authority, or of any private toll transportation facility pursuant to 17-17-38 of this code, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $50 for each violation of this article.(b) Any person who deliberately damages, defaces, or obstructs a video collection system infrastructure or power supply with the intent to interfere with, alter, or prevent the functioning of the system or electronic toll collection, or who obstructs a license plate or causes it to be unreadable by the video collection system, or who causes a transponder or other device used in an electronic toll system to be inoperable or unreadable thereby causing no toll to be charged, including a private toll transportation facility pursuant to 17-17-38 of this code, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to any other penalties provided by the code, and upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $500 for each such action and, if applicable, is additionally liable to the Parkways Authority or the private toll transportation facility for all costs incurred to repair the damaged, defaced, or obstructed property.
WV Code § 17-16D-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16D. Electronic Toll Collection|§17-16D-11. Nonrenewal of Vehicle Registration; Effect of Civil or Criminal Violation

(a) Upon receipt of a notice from the Parkways Authority that a vehicle owner failed to pay tolls and costs in accordance with a notice of default judgment, or court order, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall refuse to register, or renew the registration of any vehicle of which the person committing the violation is a registered owner or co-owner until such time as the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles receives notice from the Parkways Authority that all fees, penalties and costs imposed on that person pursuant to this article have been paid or satisfied.(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall refuse or suspend the registration of any motor vehicle incurring a toll violation under this article if:(1) The Commissioner is notified by the Parkways Authority that a registered owner has been served with a citation in accordance with this article and:(A) Has failed to pay the electronic toll, administrative fee and the civil penalty for the toll violation by the date specified in the citation; or(B) Has failed to contest liability for the toll violation by the date identified and in the manner specified in the citation; or(2) The Commissioner is notified by the Parkways Authority or the circuit court that a person who elected to contest liability for a toll violation under this article has failed to appear for trial or hearing or has been determined to be responsible for the toll violation and has failed to pay the electronic toll and related civil penalty.(c) In conjunction with any rule promulgated by the Parkways Authority, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may adopt regulations and develop procedures to carry out the refusal or suspension of a registration as authorized by this section.(d) The procedures specified in this section are in addition to any other penalty provided by law for toll violations.(e) The provisions of this section may be applied to enforce a reciprocal agreement entered into by this state and another jurisdiction in accordance with section thirteen of this article.(f) The provisions of this section shall only become effective when the Parkways Authority and the Commission have reciprocal enforcement agreements with all of the states sharing a common border with this state.
WV Code § 17-16D-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16D. Electronic Toll Collection|§17-16D-12. Cooperative Agreements

In connection with any toll road, highway or bridge in this state authorized by the Legislature and in addition to any powers granted to the Parkways Authority, or to the Commissioner of Highways, in this code, the Authority and the Commissioner may individually or jointly enter into cooperative agreements and arrangements with any agency or other entity that handles or assists in the collection or enforcement of tolls on the adjacent state's connecting toll highway, whereby that agency or entity would assist the Authority in the collection of tolls for the toll roads and bridges in this state or enforcement of toll violations for the toll roads and bridges in this state or both collection of tolls and enforcement of toll violations utilizing electronic toll collection.