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WV Code § 17-16A-27 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16A. West Virginia Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority|§17-16A-27. Exit Awareness Signs

Consistent with applicable federal laws, rules and regulations, the parkways authority shall develop and prepare a uniform roadway sign identifying the availability of restaurants, gas stations, hotel accommodations and emergency services available off each exit of the West Virginia Turnpike. At every tourism project maintained or operated by the parkways authority and which is constructed after the effective date of this legislation, and, to the extent permitted under the terms of the applicable lease, at every currently existing service station, gas station, hotel or restaurant, garage or store maintained, operated or leased by the parkways authority, the parkways authority shall at no charge or cost permit the placement of, in a conspicuous place, all reasonably sized advertising literature prepared and delivered by hotels, restaurants and other tourist attractions, whether public or private, located within the State of West Virginia.
WV Code § 17-16A-28 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16A. West Virginia Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority|§17-16A-28. Severability

If any section, subsection, subdivision, subparagraph, sentence or clause of this article is adjudged to be unconstitutional or invalid, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this article, and, to this end, the provisions of this article are hereby declared to be severable.
WV Code § 17-16A-29 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16A. West Virginia Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority|§17-16A-29. Discount Program for Purchasers of West Virginia Ez Pass Transponders

(a) The Parkways Authority is hereby authorized to create a discount program for purchasers of West Virginia EZ Pass transponders: Provided, That prior to the fixation of any initial rates, tolls or charges or any increase in any rates, tolls or charges along any portion of the parkway project, the Parkways Authority may create a discount program for purchasers of West Virginia EZ Pass transponders. Any discount program created pursuant to this section shall provide discounts for each class of motor vehicles: Provided, however, That any single fee program implemented by the authority pursuant to subdivision (16), subsection (a), section six of this article shall apply only to passenger motor vehicles.(b) The authority shall provide public notice and hold a public meeting on any proposed discount program as required in section thirteen-a of this article prior to implementation of such program.(c) For purposes of this section, a “West Virginia EZ Pass transponder” means a device issued by the Parkways Authority which allows the purchaser to attach the device to his or her motor vehicle and travel through a Parkways Authority toll facility and be billed for such travel by the authority.
WV Code § 17-16A-30 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16A. West Virginia Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority|§17-16A-30. Coordination With County Commission in Counties Where a Parkway Project May Be Located

Once a parkway project for a new toll road is identified by the authority, the Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, two persons from each county where the parkway project for the new toll road is located to serve on a local committee to provide recommendations and suggestions to the authority on all matters regarding the local identified project. The local committee shall also report any of its findings to the county commission or county commissions of the counties in which the parkway project for the new toll road is located. Prior to any final approval of a parkway project for a new toll road, the county commissions of the counties in which the parkway project road is located shall by resolution approve the parkway project: Provided, That a resolution approving the parkway project for a new toll road is only required from a simple majority of the county commissions of the counties in which the parkway project for a new toll road is located.
WV Code § 17-16B-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-1. Creation of Authority

The West Virginia public port authority is hereby continued and shall be under the supervision of the secretary of the Department of Transportation pursuant to the provisions of chapter five-f of this code.
WV Code § 17-16B-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-3. Executive Director; Appointment; Powers and Duties; Compensation

(a) The board of directors shall appoint an executive director of the authority.(b) The executive director shall be paid a salary to be determined by the board of directors. The executive director shall be responsible for managing and administering the daily functions of the authority and for performing any and all other functions necessary or helpful for the effective functioning of the authority, together with all other functions and powers as may be delegated to him by the board. The executive director may, with the authorization of the board of directors, employ support staff as deemed necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the authority.(c) The chairman of the board shall serve as temporary director of the authority until appointment of the executive director pursuant to this section.
WV Code § 17-16B-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-5. Definitions

As used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent:(a) The word "authority" means the West Virginia public port authority as created and continued by section one of this article.(b) The words "operation fund" mean the special West Virginia public port authority operation fund as created by section seven of this article.(c) The words "port" or "public port" mean ports, airports, wayports, terminals, buildings, roadways, rights-of-way, rails, rail lines, facilities for rail, water, highway or air transportation, and such structures, equipment, facilities or improvements as are necessary or incident thereto.(d) The word "wayport" means an airport used primarily as a location at which passengers and cargo may be transferred between connecting flights of air carriers engaged in air commerce; but also allows passengers to initiate and terminate flights, and shipments of cargo to originate and terminate at said airport or similar type facility.(e) The words "public port development" or "public port project" mean any activities which are undertaken with respect to public ports.
WV Code § 17-16B-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-7. Special West Virginia Public Port Authority Operations Fund

There is hereby established a special West Virginia public port authority operations fund which shall operate as a special revolving fund. All proceeds and revenues of the authority shall be credited to the fund by the State Treasurer on a monthly basis. At the end of each fiscal year, any unexpended funds in this account shall be reappropriated and available for expenditure for the subsequent fiscal year. On the effective date of the amendment to this section, the West Virginia wayport authority operations fund heretofore created shall be transferred and combined with the West Virginia public port authority operations fund.
WV Code § 17-16B-7a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-7a. Special Railroad and Intermodal Enhancement Fund; Purposes

There is hereby established in the state Treasury a Special Railroad and Intermodal Enhancement Fund, which shall consist of all amounts deposited into the fund pursuant to section forty-three-a, article twenty-four, chapter eleven of this code. The Special Railroad and Intermodal Enhancement Fund shall be administered by the West Virginia Public Port Authority. The money deposited in the fund shall be used only for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of railways, the construction of railway-related structures and payment of principal and interest on state bonds issued for railway purposes, as approved by the West Virginia Public Port Authority.
WV Code § 17-16B-7b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-7b. Study of Feasibility Intermodal Facility at Prichard, West Virginia

The West Virginia Public Port Authority shall conduct a study relating to the feasibility of the planning, development, construction and operation of the intermodal facility at Prichard, West Virginia, to determine whether the same is sustainable.
WV Code § 17-16B-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-8. Designation of Local Port Authority Districts, Powers and Duties; Plan for Development

(a) Upon application by a local governmental entity, groups of local governmental entities, or joint venture of local government entity or entities and private industry, the board may grant authority for the creation of a local inland port authority district. In so authorizing such entities, political subdivisions of this state are authorized to join with other political subdivisions of this and sister states to form a local port authority. In deciding on a local port district designation, consideration shall be given to the following:(1) Areas which have entered into a joint venture with private industry;(2) Areas for which the political subdivision(s) seeking designation has made or will make the greatest effort, both financially and otherwise, to encourage the establishment of facilities to enhance the efficiency and cost of the movement of goods and services to and from markets in West Virginia, or will make the greatest effort to encourage the construction and completion of infrastructure projects, including all types of transportation systems.(b) A local port authority district provided for in this article has the authority to establish a local board of directors, and has powers only as provided for by the state board of directors. In no event shall the powers of a local port authority district supersede the powers of the state authority.Any board of directors of a port authority district shall prepare or cause to be prepared a plan for the future development, construction and improvement of its services and facilities.
WV Code § 17-16B-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-9. Construction and Operation of Facilities by Private Enterprise; Leasing of Facilities by Port Authority

(a) The authority or local port authority districts shall foster and encourage the participation of private enterprise in the development of the port facilities to the fullest extent it deems practicable in the interest of limiting the necessity of construction and operation of such facilities by the port authority. In this respect, the authority or local port authority districts may upon its own motion or upon the written request of any other party, advertise and solicit for the construction, operations and/or maintenance of any facility included in the development plan in accordance to plans, specifications and regulations therefor prepared by the board of directors.(b) It is further provided that in the event the board of directors of the port authority or the local port authority districts deem it advisable and practicable, said board may cause certain facilities included in the development plan to be installed by private enterprise and leased back to the authority or local port authority districts on an installment contract or option to purchase: Provided, That any such lease back arrangement must be financially feasible and any bonds or loans utilized to enter into such lease bank arrangement shall be repayable in full from the expected rentals to be generated by such facility.
WV Code § 17-16B-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-10. Foreign Trade Zones; Free Trade Zones; Ports of Entry and Customs Zones

The authority is empowered and directed to develop, maintain and operate foreign trade zones, free trade zones, ports of entry and customs zones under such terms and conditions as are or may be prescribed by federal law, and to keep foreign trade zone status for, and to assist in the applications for foreign trade zone status of political subdivisions and eligible private corporations under federal law.
WV Code § 17-16B-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-11. Study of Feasibility of Establishment of Export Trading Company

(a) The authority may assist business in the formation of joint venture to function as an export trading company. The authority may conduct feasibility studies to ascertain the feasibility of such a joint venture.(b) The authority shall study whether the formation of such an entity would aid and assist West Virginia businesses in the export of goods. In the event that such company is financially feasible, the authority is authorized to create a quasi-public corporation, under the authority's control, to perform such function. The authority may advance seed money to such corporation to get it established: Provided, That the obligations of such quasi-public corporation shall not be considered obligations of the authority.(c) The authority is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to establish the duties, powers and obligations of any export trading company to be established under this section.
WV Code § 17-16B-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-12. Division of Tourist Trains and Transportation; Duties

(a) The division of tourist trains and transportation shall develop a plan to assess the feasibility, financial and otherwise, of establishing a statewide intermodal network of tourist transportation, so as to coordinate, link and supervise the various means of transportation including highway, rail, waterway and air and such plan shall also include, if feasible, the development of a comprehensive strategy and state plan for tourist transportation.(b) The division shall cooperate and assist the efforts of public and private groups, agencies and political subdivisions in establishing components of the tourist transportation plan.(c) The division shall specifically work to establish a pilot project for the purpose of creating a tourist train network in the area from Bluefield, West Virginia, to Bramwell, West Virginia, to Matoaka, West Virginia, and to Pocahontas, Virginia.
WV Code § 17-16B-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-13. Disclaimer of Any Liability of State of West Virginia

The state of West Virginia is not liable on notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the public port authority and such notes or other evidences of indebtedness are not a debt of the State of West Virginia, and such notes or other evidences of indebtedness shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect.
WV Code § 17-16B-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-14. Prohibition on Funds Inuring to the Benefit of or Being Distributable to Directors, Employees, Officers or Private Persons; Prohibition Against Certain Financial Interests; Criminal Penalties

(a) No part of the funds of the public port authority may inure to the benefit of or be distributable to its directors, employees, officers or other private persons except that the public port authority may pay reasonable compensation to its officers and employees for services rendered and to make loans and exercise its other powers as previously specified in furtherance of its corporate purposes: Provided, That no such loans may be made, and no property may be purchased or leased from, or sold, leased to or otherwise disposed of, to any director or officer of the public port authority.(b) No officer, member or employee of the authority may be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract of any person with the authority, or in the sale of any property, real or personal, to or from the authority during such person's employment with the authority or for a period of twelve months after termination of such person's employment with the authority. This section does not apply to contracts or purchases of property, real or personal, between the authority and any governmental agency. Any officer, member or employee of the authority who has such financial interest in a contract or sale of property prohibited hereby is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned.
WV Code § 17-16B-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-16. Public Port Revenue Bonds -- Trust Agreements

In the discretion of the public port authority any public port bonds issued under the provisions of this article may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the public port authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement may pledge or assign the tolls, rents, fees, charges and other revenues to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage any project or any part thereof. Any such trust agreement or any resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the public port authority in relation to the acquisition of property and the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation and insurance of the project or projects in connection with which such bonds shall have been authorized, and the custody, safeguarding and application of all moneys, and provisions for the employment of consulting engineers in connection with the construction or operation of such project or projects. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the state which may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by the public port authority. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in trust agreements securing bonds and debentures of corporations. In addition to the foregoing, any such trust agreement may contain such other provisions as the public port authority may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of any such trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the project or projects to which the trust agreement applies.
WV Code § 17-16B-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-18. Trust Funds

All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this article, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds, to be held and applied solely as provided in this article. The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds of any issue of the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such moneys shall be paid shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as this article and such resolution or trust agreement may provide.
WV Code § 17-16B-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-19. Remedies

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this article or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust agreement, may either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state or granted hereunder or under such trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this article or by such trust agreement or resolution to be performed by the public port authority or by any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging and collecting of tolls, rents, fees and charges.
WV Code § 17-16B-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 16B. Public Port Authority|§17-16B-20. Exemption From Taxes

(a) The exercise of the powers granted by this article will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maintenance of projects by the public port authority will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the public port authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any project or any property acquired or used by the public port authority under the provisions of this article or upon the income therefrom, and the bonds issued under the provisions of this article, their transfer and the income therefrom (including any profit made on the sale thereof) shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.(b) In lieu of payment by the public port authority of county property taxes and other assessments on facilities owned by it, or upon any facility which is leased to any private person, corporation, or entity, the public port authority shall make an annual payment as provided herein to the county commission of such county. Any public port authority project which is leased and is exempt from taxation shall be subject to a payment in lieu of taxes. Said payment shall be made to the county commission of the county in which the project is located and shall be in an amount equal to the property taxes otherwise payable. The county commission receiving such in lieu of payment shall distribute such payment to the different levying bodies in that county in the same manner as are property taxes. Nothing contained herein may be construed to prohibit the public port authority from collecting such in lieu of payment from any private party by contract or otherwise.