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WV Code § 16-18-25 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 18. Slum Clearance|§16-18-25. Urban Renewal Projects

In addition to its authority under any other section of this article, an authority is hereby authorized to plan and undertake urban renewal projects. As used in this article, an urban renewal project may include undertakings and activities for the elimination (and for the prevention of the development or spread) of slums or blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating areas and may involve any work or undertaking for such purpose constituting a redevelopment project or any rehabilitation or conservation work, or any combination of such undertaking or work. Such undertaking and work may include (1) carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements; (2) acquisition of real property and demolition, removal, or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements thereon where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, insanitary or unsafe conditions, lessen density, reduce traffic hazards, eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare, or to otherwise remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public facilities; (3) installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements necessary for carrying out the objectives of the urban renewal project; and (4) the disposition, for uses in accordance with the objectives of the urban renewal project, of any property or part thereof acquired in the area of such project: Provided, That such disposition shall be in the manner prescribed in this article for the disposition of property in a redevelopment project area.Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, where the local governing body certifies that an area is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm or other catastrophe respecting which the Governor of the state has certified the need for disaster assistance under Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, or other federal law, the local governing body may approve an urban renewal plan and an urban renewal project with respect to such area without regard to any provisions of this article requiring public hearings or requiring that the urban renewal plan conform to a general plan for the community as a whole, or that the urban renewal area be a slum area, or a blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating area, or that the urban renewal area be predominantly residential in character or be developed or redeveloped for residential uses.
WV Code § 16-18-26 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 18. Slum Clearance|§16-18-26. Urban Renewal Plan

Any urban renewal project undertaken pursuant to the preceding section shall be undertaken in accordance with an urban renewal plan for the area of the project. As used in this article, an "urban renewal plan" means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for an urban renewal project, which plan (1) shall conform to the general plan for the community as a whole, except as provided for disaster areas, and (2) shall be sufficiently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation as may be proposed to be carried out in the area of the urban renewal project, zoning and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum densities, building requirements, and the plan's relationship to definite local objectives representing appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements. An urban renewal plan shall be prepared and approved pursuant to the same procedure as provided in this article with respect to a redevelopment plan. Where real property acquired by a community is to be transferred in accordance with the urban renewal plan, any contract for such transfer and the urban renewal plan (or such part or parts of such contract or plan as the authority may determine) may be recorded in the land records of the county in such manner as to afford actual or constructive notice thereof.
WV Code § 16-18-27 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 18. Slum Clearance|§16-18-27. Powers With Respect to Urban Renewal

A community or a public agency created under this article, shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to undertake and carry out urban renewal plans and urban renewal projects, including the authority to acquire and dispose of property, to issue bonds and other obligations, to borrow and accept grants from the federal government or other source and to exercise the other powers which this article confers on an authority with respect to redevelopment projects. In connection with the planning and undertaking of any urban renewal plan or urban renewal project, the authority, the community, and all public and private officers, agencies, and bodies shall have all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities which they have with respect to a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project, in the same manner as though all of the provisions of this article applicable to a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project were applicable to an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project: Provided, That for such purpose the word "redevelopment" as used in this article (except in this section and in the definition of "redevelopment project" in section three shall mean "urban renewal," and the word "slum" and the word "blighted" as used in this article (except in this section and in the definitions in section three) shall mean "blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating," and the finding prescribed in subsection (b) of section four with respect to a blighted area shall not be a required: Provided further, That any disaster area referred to in section twenty-five (b) shall constitute a "blighted area." In addition to the surveys and plan which an authority is otherwise authorized to make, an authority is hereby specifically authorized to make (i) plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements, (ii) plans for the enforcement of laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements, (iii) plans for the relocation of persons (including families, business concerns and others) displaced by an urban renewal project, (iv) preliminary plans outlining urban renewal activities for neighborhoods to embrace two or more urban renewal areas, and (v) preliminary surveys to determine if the undertaking and carrying out of an urban renewal project are feasible. The authority is authorized to make relocation payments to or with respect to persons (including families, business concerns and others) displaced by an urban renewal project, for moving expenses and losses of property for which reimbursement of compensation is not otherwise made, including the making of such payments financed by the federal government. The authority is also authorized to develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and the elimination of slums and urban blight.
WV Code § 16-18-28 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 18. Slum Clearance|§16-18-28. Assistance to Urban Renewal Project by Communities and Other Public Bodies

Any community or other public body is hereby authorized (without limiting any provisions in the preceding section to do any and all things necessary to aid and cooperate in the planning and undertaking of an urban renewal project in the area in which such community or public body is authorized to act, including the furnishing of such financial and other assistance as the community or public body is authorized by this article to furnish for or in connection with a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project. An authority is hereby authorized to delegate to a community or other public body any of the powers or functions of the authority with respect to the planning or undertaking of an urban renewal project in the area in which such community or public body is authorized to act, and such community or public body is hereby authorized to carry out or perform such powers or functions for the authority. Any public body is hereby authorized to enter into agreements (which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary) with any other public body or bodies respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this article, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project.
WV Code § 16-18-29 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 18. Slum Clearance|§16-18-29. Authority of Governing Body to Prepare Workable Program; Article Confers Additional and Supplemental Powers

The governing body of the community, or such public officer or public body as it may designate, is hereby authorized to prepare a workable program (which may include an official plan of action, as it exists from time to time for effectively dealing with the problem of urban slums and blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating areas within the community and for the establishment and preservation of a well-planned community with well-organized residential neighborhoods of decent homes and suitable living environment for adequate family life) for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate, and prevent the development or spread of, slums and urban blight and deterioration, to encourage needed urban rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of blighted, deteriorated, or slum areas, or to undertake such of the aforesaid activities or other feasible activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such a program.The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
WV Code § 16-19-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 19. Anatomical Gift Act|§16-19-1. Short Title

This article may be cited as the "Revised Anatomical Gift Act."
WV Code § 16-19-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 19. Anatomical Gift Act|§16-19-2. Applicability

This article applies to an anatomical gift or to an amendment to, revocation of or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.
WV Code § 16-19-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 19. Anatomical Gift Act|§16-19-4. Who May Make Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death

Subject to section eight of this article, an anatomical gift may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education by:(1) The donor, if the donor is an adult;(2) The donor, if the donor is a minor and is emancipated or sixteen (16) years of age or older;(3) An agent of the donor, unless the medical power of attorney or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;(4) A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or(5) The donor's guardian.
WV Code § 16-19-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 19. Anatomical Gift Act|§16-19-5. Manner of Making Anatomical Gift Before Donor"s Death

(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift:(1) By authorizing a statement or symbol to be imprinted on his or her drivers license, identification card, or hunting or fishing license indicating that he or she has made an anatomical gift;(2) In a will;(3) During a terminal illness or injury, by any form of communication addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness; or(4) As provided in subsection (b) of this section.(b) (1) A donor or a person authorized by §16-9-4 of this code may make a gift by:(A) A donor card or other record signed by the donor or the authorized person; or(B) Authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be included on a donor registry.(2) If the donor or the authorized person is physically unable to sign a record, another individual may sign at the direction of the donor or the authorized person if the document of gift:(A) Is witnessed and signed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness; and(B) Contains a statement that it has been signed and witnessed as required by paragraph (A) of this subdivision.(c) Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a drivers license or identification card upon which an anatomical gift is indicated does not invalidate the gift.(d) An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the donors death regardless of whether the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the donors death does not invalidate the gift.
WV Code § 16-19-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 19. Anatomical Gift Act|§16-19-6. Amending or Revoking Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death

(a) Subject to section eight of this article, a donor or a person authorized pursuant to section four of this article may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:(1) (A) A record signed and dated by the donor or the authorized person.(B) If the donor or the authorized person is physically unable to sign a record, another individual may sign at the direction of the donor or the authorized person if the document of gift:(i) Is witnessed and signed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness; and(ii) Contains a statement that it has been signed and witnessed as required by subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or(2) A later-executed document of gift that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift, or portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.(b) Subject to section eight of this article, a donor or a person authorized by section four of this article may revoke an anatomical gift by destroying or cancelling the document of gift, or the relevant portion of the document of gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.(c) During a terminal illness or injury, a donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made in a will by any form of communication addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.(d) A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may amend or revoke the gift in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
WV Code § 16-19-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 19. Anatomical Gift Act|§16-19-7. Refusal to Make Anatomical Gift; Effect of Refusal

(a) An individual may express his or her refusal to make an anatomical gift of his or her body or body parts by:(1) A record signed by the individual. If the individual is physically unable to sign, another person acting at the direction of the individual may sign if the refusal:(A) Is witnessed and signed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, at the request of the individual; and(B) Contains a statement that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph (A) of this subdivision;(2) The individual's will, regardless of whether the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual's death; or(3) During a terminal illness or injury of the individual, any form of communication made by the individual addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.(b) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal:(1) In the manner provided in subsection (a) of this section for making a refusal;(2) By subsequently making an anatomical gift pursuant to section five of this article that is inconsistent with the refusal; or(3) By destroying or canceling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.(c) Except as otherwise provided in section eight of this article, in the absence of an express, contrary indication set forth in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of his or her body or part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part.
WV Code § 16-19-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 19. Anatomical Gift Act|§16-19-8. Preclusive Effect of Anatomical Gift, Amendment, or Revocation

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (g) and (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor who has made or amended an anatomical gift, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending or revoking an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.(b) If an authorized person makes an unrevoked anatomical gift or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part, no other person may make, amend or revoke the anatomical gift after the donor's death.(c) A revocation of an anatomical gift by the donor or by another individual who is authorized to act on behalf of the donor under any section of this Act, is not a refusal. Following the revocation, the donor, or any person authorized by any section of this act to act on behalf of the donor before the donor's death, or any person authorized to act on behalf of the decedent after the decedent's death, may subsequently make an anatomical gift of the body or part thereof.(d) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or the person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section four of this article, an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section four of this article, an anatomical gift of a part for one purpose is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under section five or section ten of this article.(f) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.
WV Code § 16-19-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 19. Anatomical Gift Act|§16-19-9. Who May Make Anatomical Gift of Decedent's Body or Part

(a) Unless barred by section seven or section eight of this article, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the order of priority listed:(1) A person holding a medical power of attorney or another agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an anatomical gift under section four of this article immediately before the decedent's death;(2) The spouse of the decedent, unless in the six (6) months prior to the decedent's death the spouse has lived separate and apart from the decedent in a separate place of abode without cohabitation;(3) Adult children of the decedent;(4) The person acting as the guardian of the decedent at the time of death;(5) An appointed health care surrogate;(6) Parents of the decedent;(7) Adult siblings of the decedent;(8) Adult grandchildren of the decedent;(9) Grandparents of the decedent; or(10) An adult who exhibited special care and concern for the decedent.(b) If there is more than one member of a class entitled to make an anatomical gift, any member of the class may make the anatomical gift unless he or she or a person to whom the anatomical gift may pass pursuant to section eleven of this section knows of an objection by another member of the class. If an objection is known, the majority of the members of the same class must be opposed to the donation in order for the donation to be revoked. In the event of a tie vote, the attending physician or advanced nurse practitioner shall appoint a health care surrogate to decide whether to make an anatomical gift of the decedent's body or part for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education.(c) A person may not make an anatomical gift if, at the time of the decedent's death, a person in a prior class is reasonably available to make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift.
WV Code § 16-19-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 19. Anatomical Gift Act|§16-19-10. Manner of Making, Amending, or Revoking Anatomical Gift of Decedent's Body or Part

(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section nine of this article may do so by:(1) A document of gift signed by the authorized person; or(2) An oral communication by the authorized person that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the person receiving the oral communication.(b) An anatomical gift by a person authorized by section nine of this article may be amended or revoked orally or in writing by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by the authorized person may be revoked only if a majority of the members of the same class are opposed to the anatomical gift. In the event of a tie vote, a health care surrogate shall be appointed to decide whether to honor, amend or revoke the anatomical gift of the decedent's body or part.(c) A revocation under subsection (b) of this section is effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital or physician or technician knows of the revocation.
WV Code § 16-19-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 19. Anatomical Gift Act|§16-19-12. Search and Notification

(a) A law-enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or other emergency rescuer finding an individual he or she reasonably believes is dead or near death shall as soon as practical make a reasonable search of the individual for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as having made a refusal. If a document of gift or a refusal is located by the search and the individual is taken to a hospital, the person who conducted the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.(b) If no other source of the information is immediately available, hospital staff shall search an individual reasonably believed to be dead or near death as soon as practical after the arrival at the hospital for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as having made a refusal.(c) A medical examiner shall conduct a reasonable search of an individual whose body is placed in his or her custody for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as having made a refusal.(d) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.
WV Code § 16-19-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 19. Anatomical Gift Act|§16-19-13. Delivery of Document of Gift Not Required; Right to Examine

(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.(b) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal with respect to the decedent shall allow: (1) A person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the decedent; or (2) a person to whom the gift could pass under section eleven of this article to examine and copy the document of gift or refusal.