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WV Code § 17-2C-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2C. Orphan Road and Bridge Acquisition Program|§17-2C-4. Workforce of Welfare Recipients and Citizens' Conservation Corps Participants; Division of Highways Required to Furnish Maintenance Materials

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources shall make available to the division of highways a list of able-bodied welfare recipients who have given permission for their names to be listed as recipients available for work with the Division of Highways, and who are available and able to work a minimum of twenty hours a week at a manual labor job maintaining orphan roads and bridges under the supervision of the district or county highway offices. The commissioner of the Division of Highways may, by contract, employ persons participating in the citizens' conservation corps to maintain orphan roads and bridges. The employment of welfare recipients or workers provided through the citizens' conservation corps to maintain orphan roads and bridges may not be used to displace any Division of Highways employee in the classified civil service, or to reduce classified civil service positions within the division.The Division of Highways is required to furnish trucks or other proper motor vehicles and gravel or other required materials to be used by the workforce created by this section in the maintenance of the orphan roads and bridges in each district and county.
WV Code § 17-2C-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2C. Orphan Road and Bridge Acquisition Program|§17-2C-5. Upgrading of Roads and Bridges in Maintenance System

Roads and bridges accepted into the maintenance system under the provisions of this article are admitted only for the purposes of maintenance. No upgrading of said roads and bridges is to be undertaken unless otherwise determined by the commissioner of highways.
WV Code § 17-2C-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2C. Orphan Road and Bridge Acquisition Program|§17-2C-6. Termination of Orphan Roads and Bridges Program; Report to the Legislature

The orphan roads and bridges acquisition and maintenance program established pursuant to this article will terminate on December 31, 2001.On or before January 30, 1999, and annually thereafter, the commissioner of the Division of Highways shall submit a report to the Legislature which recounts the activities of the program and the roads and bridges which have been accepted into the state maintenance system. The report shall include a breakdown by county of those roads and bridges being maintained, the estimated costs associated with maintenance and any other information the commissioner deems necessary. Before January 30, 2002, the commissioner shall also submit proposed legislation formulating a policy for the designation and acceptance into the state system of orphan roads and bridges in the future.
WV Code § 17-2D-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2D. Highway Design-Build Pilot Program|§17-2D-1. Short Title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the West Virginia Highway Design-Build Pilot Program.
WV Code § 17-2D-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2D. Highway Design-Build Pilot Program|§17-2D-3. Invitation for Bids

(a) The division shall prepare an invitation for bids for prequalified design-builders, which must provide at a minimum:(1) The procedures to be followed for submitting bids and the procedures for making awards;(2) The proposed general terms and conditions for the design-build contract;(3) The description of the drawings, specifications or other information to be submitted with the bid, with guidance as to the form and level of completeness of the drawings, specifications or submittals that will be acceptable;(4) A proposed time schedule commencement and completion of the design-build contract;(5) Budget limits for the design-build contract, if any;(6) Requirements or restrictions for the subletting of specific portions of the design-build contract, if any; and(7) Requirements for performance bonds, payment bonds, insurance, professional liability insurance and workers' compensation coverage.(b) The division shall make available to the qualified design-builders, a list of prequalified consultants, approved subcontractors, suppliers and sureties, as applicable, additional information including, but not limited to, surveys, soils reports, drawings or information regarding existing structures, environmental studies, photographs or references to public records, or other pertinent information.(c) The division shall set forth its needs with sufficient clarity to assure that there is a comprehensive understanding of the project's scope and requirement.
WV Code § 17-2D-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2D. Highway Design-Build Pilot Program|§17-2D-4. Acceptance of Design-Build Bid

(a) The design-builder shall submit the bid to the division as required in the invitation for bids.(b) The design-builder shall furnish a bid bond not to exceed five percent of the maximum cost of the design-build contract.(c) The selection committee may choose to reject all bids. If the selection committee chooses to accept a bid, the committee shall award the project to the qualified design-builder based on low bid or a value-based selection process combining technical qualifications and competitive bidding elements. The selection committee shall ascertain that the submissions comply with the requirements of this article and the policies and procedures of the commissioner.
WV Code § 17-2D-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2D. Highway Design-Build Pilot Program|§17-2D-5. Report to the Legislature

On or before January 15, 2014, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall prepare and submit to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance a written report evaluating the experience of the Division of Highways with each project completed during the prior calendar year, including whether the division realized any cost or time savings, the number and cost of change orders, the quality of work performed, the number of bids received and other issues the commissioner considers appropriate: Provided, That the report submitted on or before January 15, 2014, shall contain such information as to all design-build projects that have been completed under the program prior to 2014.
WV Code § 17-2E-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2E. Dig Once Policy|§17-2E-1. Legislative Findings

(a) The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest to accommodate telecommunications facilities on Division of Highways right-of-way when the use of the right-of-way does not adversely affect the safety of the traveling public or impair the highway or its aesthetic quality or conflict with any federal, state, or local laws, rules, regulations, or policies.(b) The Legislature further finds that a broadband connection is an essential part of developing the state and local economies, enhancing the transportation system and creating a safer and more secure environment for our citizens. (c) The Legislature further finds that expanding telecommunication facilities will allow the state to participate in the E-Rate Program of funding for digital education in America to provide reliable services opportunities for education and training.(d) The Legislature further finds that fast, reliable broadband connections enhance telemedical opportunities for our rural doctors and hospitals, linking them to our major medical centers. Thereby overcoming distance barriers, and improving access to medical services that often are not consistently available in rural communities. (e) The Legislature further finds that instituting a dig once policy encourages telecommunications carriers to coordinate installation of broadband conduit to minimize costs to the carriers and minimize disruption and inconvenience to the traveling public.
WV Code § 17-2E-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2E. Dig Once Policy|§17-2E-2. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) "Broadband conduit" or "conduit" means a conduit, innerduct, or microduct for fiber optic cables that support facilities for broadband service.(2) "Broadband service" has the same meaning as defined in §31G-1-2 of this code.(3) "Council" means the Broadband Enhancement Council.(4) "Direct bury" means the burying of telecommunications wire or cable directly into the ground by means of plowing or direct insertion without the opening of a trench and without the installation of conduit or innerduct.(5) "Division" means the Division of Highways.(6) "Longitudinal access" means access to or the use of any part of a right-of-way that extends generally parallel to the traveled right-of-way. (7) "Permit" means an encroachment permit issued by the commissioner of the division under the authority of this code, and pursuant to the Accommodation of Utilities on Highway Right-of-Way and Adjustment and Relocation of Utility Facilities on Highway Projects Policy, or equivalent policy, as may be currently enforced by the division, that specifies the requirements and conditions for performing work in a right-of-way and where such work involves the creation or opening of a trench for the installation of telecommunications facilities in a right-of-way.(8) "Right-of-way" means land, property, or any interest therein acquired or controlled by the division for transportation facilities or other transportation purposes or specifically acquired for utility accommodation.(9) "Telecommunications carrier" means a telecommunications carrier:(A) As determined by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia; or(B) That meets the definition of telecommunications carrier with respect to the Federal Communications Commission, as contained in 47 U.S.C. §153. (10) "Telecommunications facility" means any cable, line, fiber, wire, conduit, innerduct, access manhole, handhole, tower, hut, pedestal, pole, box, transmitting equipment, receiving equipment, power equipment, or other equipment, system, or device that is used to transmit, receive, produce or distribute a signal for telecommunications purposes via wireline, electronic, or optical means.(11) "Utility" has the meaning ascribed to it in §17-2A-17a of this code.(12) "Wireless access" means access to, and use of, a right-of-way for the purpose of constructing, installing, maintaining, using, or operating telecommunications facilities for wireless telecommunications.
WV Code § 17-2E-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2E. Dig Once Policy|§17-2E-4. Highway Safety

(a) The Division of Highways, in its sole discretion, may deny any longitudinal access or wireless access if such access would compromise the safe, efficient, and convenient use of any road, route, highway, or interstate in this state for the traveling public.(b) Any longitudinal access or wireless access to a right-of-way granted by the Division of Highways pursuant to this article does not abrogate, limit, supersede, or otherwise affect access granted or authorized pursuant to the Division’s rules, policies, and guidelines related to accommodation of utilities on highways’ rights-of-way and adjustment and relocation of utility facilities on highway projects.
WV Code § 17-2E-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2E. Dig Once Policy|§17-2E-6. In-Kind Compensation

[Repealed].
WV Code § 17-2E-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2E. Dig Once Policy|§17-2E-7. Use of Telecommunications Facilities Owned or Controlled by Division of Highways

The division may enter into an agreement and issue a permit consistent with the requirements of 17-2E-3 of this code to allow any carrier to use excess telecommunications facilities owned or controlled by the division: Provided, That this section shall be subject to the provisions of the Vertical Real Estate Management and Availability Act, as provided for in 31G-5-1 et seq. of this code, and no excess telecommunications facilities owned or controlled by the division subject to 31G-5-1 et seq. of this code shall be governed by the provisions of this section.
WV Code § 17-2E-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2E. Dig Once Policy|§17-2E-8. Disposal of In-Kind Compensation; Excess Telecommunications Facilities

Upon written approval of the Governor, the division may transfer or assign the ownership, control, or any rights related to any excess telecommunications facilities owned or controlled by the division to any other state agency.
WV Code § 17-2E-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2E. Dig Once Policy|§17-2E-9. Rule-Making Authority

The commissioner of the division may promulgate rules pursuant to the provisions of 29A-3-1 et seq. of this code as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this article.
WV Code § 17-3-1a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 3. State Road Fund|§17-3-1a. Annual Audit to Be Made of Receipts and Expenditures of State Road Commission

The Legislature acting through the Joint Committee on Government and Finance shall cause an annual audit to be made by a resident independent certified public accountant of all books, accounts and records relating to all receipts and expenditures of the state road commission which are not audited by the United States bureau of public roads or the United States general accounting office. The state road commissioner shall make available to such independent Auditor or Auditors performing such audit all of the commission's books, accounts and records pertaining to all funds received and expended. The Auditor or Auditors performing such audit shall make available annually the audit report with copies thereof to the members of the Legislature, the Governor, the state road commissioner, the Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, the Attorney General and the State Auditor; and the audit report shall be available to the public in the office of the Secretary of State.The Legislature acting through the Joint Committee on Government and Finance shall obtain the services of a resident independent certified public accountant for this purpose, the cost of which shall be payable out of funds appropriated by the Legislature. Any audits of the funds which have been made by any official auditing agency of the United States government shall be accepted and its work not duplicated.
WV Code § 17-3-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 3. State Road Fund|§17-3-2. Payment of State Road Costs From Moneys Received by Commission

The cost and expense of the construction, reconstruction, improvement or maintenance of all state roads shall be paid out of any moneys received by or appropriated to the state road commission for that purpose.
WV Code § 17-3-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 3. State Road Fund|§17-3-3. Report on and Disposition of Moneys Collected by Commission

The commission shall make a full and detailed semimonthly report in duplicate, on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, to the treasurer and to the Auditor of the state, of all moneys collected by it from licenses or other fees, and all moneys and funds coming into its hands from any source whatsoever, except funds advanced to the commission pursuant to section five of this article, and shall at the same time pay to the treasurer all moneys so collected by it. The moneys so paid by the commission shall be deposited by the State Treasurer to the credit of the state road fund: Provided, That the commission may pay to the treasurer at any time such funds as may have been received by it, and the treasurer shall deliver to the commission a receipt therefor, and the commission shall be duly credited for such payments in its semimonthly reports.
WV Code § 17-3-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 3. State Road Fund|§17-3-4. Disbursements From Road Fund

The commissioner shall certify monthly to the State Auditor the amount due to each member of the commission, himself and each employee of the commission for services rendered as such members, commissioner and employees and the Auditor shall issue his warrant therefor on the State Treasurer, payable out of the state road fund appropriated for such purpose.Any claim of a contractor or others, not otherwise provided for, for labor done or for materials, services or supplies furnished to the state road commission, pursuant to the provisions of any article to this chapter, shall be audited by the commissioner, and, if found correct, the commissioner shall issue the commission's requisition upon the Auditor of the state therefor, showing the nature of such claim and whether it is for labor done or materials, services or supplies furnished for construction of state roads, or for other purposes, and the Auditor shall issue his warrant upon the State Treasurer therefor, and the treasurer shall pay the same to the person, firm or corporation entitled thereto, out of the funds in the treasury provided for that purpose.
WV Code § 17-3-4a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 3. State Road Fund|§17-3-4a. Advancement of Compensation for Property Immediately Needed

When the state road commissioner has commenced an action for condemnation of any real or personal property, or estate, right, or interest therein, and immediate entry upon, possession of, appropriation or use thereof, is deemed necessary by the commissioner, he may certify to the State Auditor such facts, and issue the commission's requisition upon the Auditor for advancement of the sum the commissioner estimates to be the fair value of the property, or estate, right, or interest therein, sought to be condemned, and the damages, if any, to the residue beyond the benefits, if any, to such residue, by reason of the taking. Upon receipt of such certificate and requisition, the Auditor shall issue his warrant upon the State Treasurer in favor of the clerk of the court wherein the action was commenced, for the sum requisitioned by the commission, to the use of the defendants in that action, and the treasurer shall pay the same to the clerk of that court out of the funds in the treasury provided for this purpose.
WV Code § 17-3-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 3. State Road Fund|§17-3-5. Emergency Fund

To provide a fund for the purpose of making prompt payments, refunds on license fees, and to secure cash discounts wherever possible, the state road commission may, from time to time, issue its requisition upon the State Auditor for such sum as it deems necessary to pay such claims, and the said Auditor shall issue his warrant upon the State Treasurer for such amount, subject to the limitation imposed by this section, and the treasurer shall pay the same to the said commission out of the road fund or funds provided for that purpose. The commission shall immediately deposit such funds to its credit in some bank, or banks, designated pursuant to article one, chapter twelve of this code, as a state depository or depositories. Such requisition upon the Auditor shall be accompanied with a statement duly verified by a member of the commission, showing the amount of money in the hands of the commission to the credit of the fund at the time the requisition is presented to the Auditor. The amount of such funds in the hands of the commission shall not exceed at any one time the sum of $5,000. When the commission makes such requisition it shall at the same time file with the State Auditor an itemized statement, showing what items and amounts have been paid by it out of such fund and for what purpose, and such statement shall be accompanied with a voucher for each item, duly signed by the party receiving payment, and showing the purpose for which made. The amounts so reported as paid by the commission, under its direction or authority, out of such fund, if found to be correct, shall be reported by the Auditor to the treasurer and credited by him to the commission on account of the advances made to it pursuant to this section.
WV Code § 17-3-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 3. State Road Fund|§17-3-6. Apportionment of State Road Fund for Construction and Reconstruction Purposes; Reserve Fund; Budget Request; Appropriation of Funds

On or before January 1, of each year the state road commissioner shall ascertain and determine the total amount of available funds for expenditure in the whole state for the construction and reconstruction of state roads for the succeeding fiscal year, and shall also submit such determination of available funds together with the proposed expenditure thereof as a part of his budget request for such succeeding fiscal year. Of the amount so ascertained the commissioner may set aside as a "reserve fund" not to exceed twenty percent thereof, to be used and expended by him in his discretion in making desirable connections or economizing in construction.All moneys received from the federal government for road construction shall be expended as provided, or as may hereafter be provided by act of Congress.If at the end of any annual period, any money in the reserve fund remains unexpended or unappropriated, it shall be placed in the General Fund for reserve and distribution during the next annual period.The remaining eighty percent, or, if such reserve fund is not set aside, then all the funds shall be appropriated in the following order and preference:(1) For the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of expressway and trunkline roads, and to comply with the requirements for the receipt of aid from the federal government;(2) For the maintenance of all feeder and state local service roads, as provided in section six-a of this article;(3) For the construction and reconstruction of feeder and state local service roads as prescribed in section six-a of this article.
WV Code § 17-3-6a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 3. State Road Fund|§17-3-6a. Allotment of Funds for Feeder and State Local Service Roads

On or before January 1, of each year the state road commissioner shall ascertain and determine the total amount of available funds for expenditure in the whole state for the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of feeder and state local service roads during such annual period. Of the amount so ascertained the commissioner may set aside as a reserve fund not to exceed twenty percent thereof, to be used and expended by him in his discretion in such manner as will best serve the interests of the state and the convenience of its inhabitants.The remaining eighty percent, or, if such reserve fund is not set aside, then all the funds shall be appropriated in the following order and preference:(1) Maintenance funds. -- To be allocated to the various counties on the basis of the mileage of various types or road surfaces:(a) Paved surfaces of all types, such as, brick, cement, concrete, bituminous, etc.(b) Traffic-bound surfaces, such as, slag, crushed stone, gravel, chert, red dog, shale, etc.(c) Unimproved earth roads; by applying certain weights or percentages, based on past experience, to the various types of road surfaces.(2) Construction and reconstruction. -- To be allocated to the various counties on the basis of the ratio of the unimproved mileage of feeder and state local service roads in the county to the total unimproved mileage of feeder and state local service roads in the state.For the purposes of this section, the words "unimproved mileage" are defined and shall be construed to mean roads which are not passable for all-weather travel by motor vehicle.All moneys received from the federal government for road construction or reconstruction shall be expended as provided, or as may hereafter be provided by act of Congress.