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WV Code § 7-15-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 15. Emergency Ambulance Service Act of 1975|§7-15-5. Management of Authority Vested in Board; Eligibility, Appointment, Number and Term of Members; Vote of Members; Vacancies

The management and control of any authority, its operations, business and affairs shall be lodged in a board of not less than five nor more than fifteen individuals who shall be known as members of the board and who shall be appointed for terms of three years each by the governing bodies of the participating governments. Prior to making the initial appointments to the board, the governing bodies of the participating governments shall agree to make such initial appointments so that approximately one third of the total number of the members to be so appointed shall be appointed for a term of one year, approximately one third of such total number of the members shall be appointed for a term of two years and approximately one third of such total number of the members shall be appointed for a term of three years. As the term of each such initial appointee expires, the successor to fill the vacancy created by such expired term shall be appointed for a term of three years. The number of members representing each participating government shall be as agreed upon from time to time by the governing bodies of the participating governments. Each member of the board shall have one vote on all matters coming before it. Any individual who is a resident of, or member of the governing body of any participating government is eligible to serve as a member of the board. The governing body of each participating government shall inform the authority of its appointments or reappointments to the board by delivering to the authority a certified copy of the ordinance or order making the appointment or reappointment. If any member of the board dies, resigns or for any other reason ceases to be a member of the board, the governing body of the participating government which such member represented shall appoint another individual to fill the unexpired portion of the term of such member.
WV Code § 7-15-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 15. Emergency Ambulance Service Act of 1975|§7-15-6. Compensation of Members; Expenses

As compensation for his services on the board, each member shall receive from the authority the sum of not more than $20 for each meeting actually attended, as may be determined by the board. The total compensation paid to any member by the authority for any fiscal year shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of $600. Each member shall also be reimbursed by the authority for all reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the discharge of his duties as a member of the board.
WV Code § 7-15-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 15. Emergency Ambulance Service Act of 1975|§7-15-7. Meetings of Authority; Officers; Employees; Official Bonds; Records of Authority Public Records

At its first meeting, to be held no later than sixty days from the creation of the authority as provided in this article, the board shall elect from among its membership a president to act during the next ensuing fiscal year, or until his successor is elected and qualified. At that time, the board shall also elect a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer and such other officers as may be required, who need not be members of the board, whose duties shall be defined and whose compensation shall be fixed by the board and paid out of the funds of the authority. The treasurer, and such other officers and employees as the board shall direct, shall furnish bond for the use and benefit of the authority in such penal sum as may be fixed by the board and conditioned upon the faithful discharge by such treasurer and such other officers and employees so directed by the board of the duties of their respective offices or employment, and upon accounting for and paying over all moneys which may come into their possession by virtue of such office or employment. At its first meeting the board shall also fix the time and place for holding regular meetings, but it shall meet at least once in the months of January, April, July and October. Special meetings of the board may be called by the president or by two members upon written request to the secretary. The secretary shall send to all the members, at least two days in advance of a special meeting, a written notice setting forth the time and place of the special meeting and the matters to be considered at such special meeting. Written notice of a special meeting is not required if the time of the special meeting has been fixed in a regular meeting or if all the members are present at the special meeting. All regular meetings shall be general meetings for the consideration of any and all matters which may properly come before an authority. All proceedings of the authority shall be entered in a permanently bound record book, properly indexed, and shall be carefully preserved by the secretary of the authority. All records of the authority shall be public records.
WV Code § 7-15-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 15. Emergency Ambulance Service Act of 1975|§7-15-8. Quorum; Majority Vote Required

A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The vote of a majority of all members present at any meeting of the board shall be necessary to take any action.
WV Code § 7-15-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 15. Emergency Ambulance Service Act of 1975|§7-15-9. Budget

The board shall establish the beginning and ending of its fiscal year, which period shall constitute its budget year, and, at least thirty days prior to the beginning of the first full fiscal year after the creation of the authority and annually thereafter, the treasurer shall prepare and submit to the board a tentative budget. The tentative budget shall be considered by the board, and, subject to any revisions or amendments that may be determined by the board, shall be adopted as the budget for the ensuing fiscal year. No expenditures in excess of the budget shall be made during such fiscal year unless expressly authorized and directed by the board.
WV Code § 7-15-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 15. Emergency Ambulance Service Act of 1975|§7-15-11. Contributions to Authorities; Funds and Accounts of Authorities; Reports; Audit by State Tax Department

Contributions may be made to authorities from time to time by the participating governments and by the State of West Virginia, the United States of America, municipalities, counties or persons that shall desire to do so. All such funds and all of the other funds received by any authority shall be deposited in a separate account in such banking institution or institutions as its board may direct and shall be withdrawn therefrom only in such manner as its board may direct. Each authority shall keep strict account of all its receipts and expenditures and shall make a quarterly report to the participating governments which have made contributions to it. The report shall contain an itemized account of the authority's receipts and disbursements during the preceding quarter and shall be made within sixty days after the termination of the quarter. Within ninety days after the end of each fiscal year, each authority shall make an annual report containing an itemized statement of its receipts and disbursements for the preceding fiscal year, and any and all other information which the board may consider pertinent, to all of the participating governments. The books, records and accounts of each authority shall be subject to audit and examination by the State Tax Department.
WV Code § 7-15-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 15. Emergency Ambulance Service Act of 1975|§7-15-12. Emergency Ambulance Service Not Regulated by Public Service Commission

Any authority created pursuant to the provisions of this article and any county commission which provides emergency ambulance service hereunder shall not be subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission.
WV Code § 7-15-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 15. Emergency Ambulance Service Act of 1975|§7-15-13. Exemption From Taxation

It is hereby found, determined and declared that the creation of any authority and the carrying out of its purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state in general and of the participating governments in particular and is a public purpose; and that the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the provisions of this article. Accordingly, each authority and, without limitation, its revenues, properties, operations and activities shall be exempt from the payment of any taxes or fees to the state or any of its political subdivisions: Provided, That this exemption shall not apply to the tax imposed by section seven, article twenty-seven, chapter eleven of this code on gross receipts derived from transporting patients. Interest on obligations and all evidences of indebtedness of any such authority shall be exempt from taxation, except inheritance and transfer taxes.
WV Code § 7-15-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 15. Emergency Ambulance Service Act of 1975|§7-15-14. Indebtedness of Authorities

No indebtedness or obligation incurred by any authority shall give any right against any member of the governing body of any participating government or any member of the board of any authority. Any obligation or indebtedness of any nature of any authority shall never constitute an obligation or indebtedness of any participating government or the governing body of any participating government, within the meaning of any Constitutional provision or statutory limitation and shall never constitute or give rise to a pecuniary liability of any participating government or the governing body of any participating government or be a charge against the general credit or taxing power of any participating government or the governing body of any participating government. The rights of creditors of any authority shall be solely against the authority as a corporate body and shall be satisfied only out of revenues, moneys or property received or held by it in its corporate capacity.
WV Code § 7-15-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 15. Emergency Ambulance Service Act of 1975|§7-15-15. Conflict of Interest

No member of any authority, nor any of its officers, employees, agents or consultants, shall have any interest in any firm, partnership, corporation, company, association or joint-stock association engaged in the business of providing ambulance service or in the manufacture, sale or lease of ambulance equipment or facilities. No member of any authority, nor any of its officers, employees, agents or consultants, shall contract with the authority or be interested in, either directly or indirectly, any contract with the authority or in the sale of property, either real or personal, to such authority.
WV Code § 7-15-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 15. Emergency Ambulance Service Act of 1975|§7-15-16. Competitive Bids; Publication of Solicitation for Sealed Bids

A purchase of or contract for all supplies, equipment and materials and a contract for the construction of facilities by any authority, when the expenditure required exceeds the sum of $10,000, shall be based on competitive sealed bids. Bids shall be obtained by public notice published as a Class II legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code and the publication area for publication is the service area of the authority. The second publication shall be made at least fourteen days before the final date for submitting bids. In addition to publication, the notice may also be published by any other advertising medium the authority may consider advisable and the authority may also solicit sealed bids by sending requests by mail to prospective suppliers and by posting notice on a bulletin board in the office of the authority.
WV Code § 7-15-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 15. Emergency Ambulance Service Act of 1975|§7-15-17. Imposition and Collection of Special Emergency Ambulance Service Fee by County Commission

A county commission may, by ordinance, impose upon and collect from the users of emergency ambulance service within the county a special service fee, which shall be known as the "special emergency ambulance service fee." The proceeds from the imposition and collection of any special service fee shall be deposited in a special fund and used only to pay reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred and the cost of buildings and equipment used in providing emergency ambulance service to residents of the county. The proceeds may be used to pay for, in whole or in part, the establishment, maintenance and operation of an authority, as provided for in this article: Provided, That an ambulance company or authority receiving funds from the special emergency ambulance fees collected pursuant to this section may not be precluded from making nonemergency transports.
WV Code § 7-15-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 15. Emergency Ambulance Service Act of 1975|§7-15-18. Article Constitutes Complete Authority; Liberal Construction; Severability

This article shall constitute full and complete authority for the provision of emergency ambulance service within a county by a county commission and for the creation of any authority and carrying out the powers and duties of any such authority. The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purpose and no procedure or proceedings, notices, consents or approvals shall be required in connection therewith except as may be prescribed by this article.
WV Code § 7-16-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 16. County Solid Waste Authorities|§7-16-1. Establishment of Authorities Authorized

The county commission of every county is hereby authorized to create and establish a public agency to be known as a county solid waste authority (hereinafter called the authority) to carry out the powers and duties conferred by law upon the county relating to disposal of solid waste, including but not limited to, those powers authorized by sections three-e and three-f, article one of this chapter.
WV Code § 7-16-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 16. County Solid Waste Authorities|§7-16-2. Purposes

The purposes for which the authority is created are to provide for the necessary, dependable, effective and efficient collection and disposal of solid waste and other hazardous waste and to assist and cooperate with the state and local governments in achieving these purposes.
WV Code § 7-16-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 16. County Solid Waste Authorities|§7-16-3. Management and Control Vested in Authority; Appointment and Terms of Members; Vacancies; Removal of Members; Meetings; Quorum; Compensation

The management and control of the authority, its property, operations, business and affairs shall be lodged in an authority of seven persons who shall be known as "members of the authority," each of whom shall be appointed by the county commission for a term of three years, except that as to the first seven appointed to the first authority appointed, the term of two members shall expire on July 1, next ensuing, the terms of the next two members shall expire on July 1, two years thereafter, and the term of three members shall expire on July 1, three years thereafter. Each member shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which such member is appointed or until a successor shall have been duly appointed and shall have qualified. Vacancies on the authority shall be filled by appointment of the county commission for the unexpired term of the member whose office shall be vacant.No member may be an elected official or employee of the county or engaged in solid waste business. Board members may be reappointed to serve additional terms. All members of the board shall be citizens of the State of West Virginia and the county.The county commission may at any time remove any member of the authority by an order duly entered of record and may appoint a successor.Annually the authority shall elect one of its members as chairman, another as vice chairman and appoint a secretary-treasurer, who need not be a member of the authority.Four members of the authority shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority shall be necessary for any action taken by vote of the authority. No vacancy in the membership of the authority shall impair the rights of quorum by such vote to exercise all rights and perform all the duties of the authority. The person appointed as secretary-treasurer, including an authority member if he is so appointed, shall give bond in the sum of $50,000.Each of the seven appointed members of the authority shall receive $50 for each meeting actually attended, but the total compensation paid to any member shall not exceed the aggregate sum of $600 in any fiscal year. Each of the seven authority members shall also be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of his duties as a member of the authority. All such compensation and expenses incurred by authority members shall be payable solely from funds of the authority or from funds appropriated for such purpose by the county commission and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the authority beyond the extent to which moneys are available from funds of the authority or from such appropriation.The authority shall meet at least four times annually and upon the call of its chairman or upon the request in writing to the chairman of four board members.
WV Code § 7-16-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 16. County Solid Waste Authorities|§7-16-4. Authority to Be a Public Corporation; Name; Power to Contract and Sue; Seal

The authority when created, and the members thereof, shall constitute and be a public corporation, the name of which shall contain the words "solid waste authority," and as such shall have perpetual succession, may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded and have and use a common seal.
WV Code § 7-16-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 16. County Solid Waste Authorities|§7-16-6. Employees to Be Covered by Workers' Compensation

All employees of the authority eligible thereto shall be considered to be within the workers' compensation act of West Virginia and premiums on their compensation shall be paid by the authority as required by law.
WV Code § 7-16-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 16. County Solid Waste Authorities|§7-16-7. Liberal Construction of Article; Provisions Not in Derogation of Other Powers

It is the purpose of this article to encourage the proper collection and disposal of solid waste in a prudent and economical manner and this article shall be liberally construed as giving to the authority full and complete power reasonably required to give effect to the purposes hereof. The provisions of this article are in addition to and not in derogation of any other power and duty now conferred by law upon county commissions.
WV Code § 7-16-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 16. County Solid Waste Authorities|§7-16-8. Provisions Severable

The several sections and provisions of this article are severable, and if any section or provision hereof shall be held unconstitutional, all the remaining sections and provisions of the article shall nevertheless remain valid.
WV Code § 7-16-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 16. County Solid Waste Authorities|§7-16-9. Expiration of Authority

The authority granted by this article expires on January 1, 1989.
WV Code § 7-17-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 17. County Fire Boards|§7-17-1. Findings

The Legislature finds that fire protection and saving lives and property are important to the health and welfare of the citizens of the state and that it is desirable for county governments to provide fire protection services to county residents.
WV Code § 7-17-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 17. County Fire Boards|§7-17-2. Definitions

As used in this article unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(1) "User" means any person to whom fire service is made available under the provisions of this article.(2) "County commission" means the county commission or tribunal in lieu thereof of every county within the State of West Virginia as provided in section nine, article nine of the Constitution of the State of West Virginia.(3) "County fire association" means an association created in section three of this article.(4) "County fire board" means that board created in section six of this article.(5) "Fire service" means an organization that provides fire prevention and fire protection to a community, the members of such an organization or the fire fighting profession as a whole.(6) "Qualified voters" means registered voters who reside in the affected fire service district and are users or prospective users of the fire prevention and fire protection services provided by the fire service under the provisions of this article.
WV Code § 7-17-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 17. County Fire Boards|§7-17-3. County Fire Association Creation; Prohibiting Entrance by a Municipality Maintaining a Full Time Paid Fire Department

The fire departments within each county are hereby authorized to create and establish a county fire association, hereinafter referred to as "fire association." The county fire association is created to discuss fire protection services to address fire protection problems at the county level.Upon the creation of a fire association, any full-time paid fire department located in a municipality, as defined in 8-15-9 of this code is excluded from the provisions of this article.However, this provision shall not prohibit the county commission or the fire board with the approval of the county commission from contracting with the fire department of any political subdivision for fire protection services rendered to the county.