reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 1. Commitment of Youthful Male Offenders › §28-1-7. Transfer of Boys to and From Penitentiary

In any case where a youth is committed to any youth facility for an offense punishable by confinement in the penitentiary, and it is found by the state commissioner of public institutions that the youth facility is unable to benefit such youth, and that his presence is a detriment or menace to other youths in the institution, or to the general good of the facility, he may be returned to the court by which he was committed to the facility, and such court shall thereupon pass such sentence upon him as to confinement in the penitentiary as may be proper in the premises, or as it might have passed had it not committed him as a youthful offender. The Governor shall have power, when, in the judgment of the warden of the penitentiary and of the superintendent of the facility, it is advisable, to remit the penalty of any offender under the age of eighteen years confined in the penitentiary to a commitment to a youth facility.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 1. Commitment of Youthful Male Offenders › §28-1-8. Offenses Relating to Youth Facilities; Penalties; Escape; Arrest and Return

If any person shall entice or attempt to entice away from any youth facility any youth legally committed to the same, or shall aid or abet any youth to escape therefrom, or shall harbor, conceal or aid or abet in harboring or concealing, any youth who shall have escaped therefrom, or shall, without the permission of the superintendent, give or sell, or aid or abet any other person to give or sell, to any youth in the youth facility, whether on the premises of such institution or otherwise, any money, firearms, intoxicating drinks, tobacco, cigarettes, or other articles whatsoever, or shall in any way cause or influence, or attempt to cause or influence or aid or abet therein, any youth in the youth facility to violate any rule of the institution or to rebel against the government of said facility in any particular, or shall receive by the hands of any such youth anything of value, whether belonging to the state or otherwise, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten, nor more than $100, or be confined not more than twelve months in the county jail, or, in the discretion of the court, both fined and imprisoned. The superintendent, or any of his assistants, or any one authorized in writing by him or any sheriff, constable, policeman or other peace officer, shall have power, and it is hereby made his duty, to arrest any youth, when in his power to do so, who shall have escaped from said facility, and return him thereto.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 3. Industrial Home for Youth › §28-3-1. Renaming West Virginia Industrial Home for Youth as Salem Correctional Center; Transferring Control to Division of Corrections

(a) Effective July 1, 2013, the West Virginia Industrial Home for Youth shall be known as the Salem Correctional Center. The Salem Correctional Center is hereby transferred to the Division of Corrections.
(b) Commencing July 1, 2013, wherever the "West Virginia Industrial Home for Youth" is referred to in this code, it shall mean the "Salem Correctional Center".
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 5. The Penitentiary › §28-5-33. Appointment of Committee of Convict; Bond

When a person is confined in the penitentiary of this or any other state, or of the United States, under sentence for one year or more, or to suffer death, the estate of such convict in this state, if he have any, both real and personal, shall, on the motion of any party interested, be committed by the county commission of the county in which his estate or some part thereof may be, to a person selected by such county commission, who, after giving bond before the county commission in such penalty as it may prescribe, shall have charge and management of such estate until the convict is discharged from confinement or dies; and upon such motion the county commission shall appoint said committee, although the convict has no estate, either real or personal, located in this state. In the event said convict has no such estate, or his estate does not exceed $1,000, reference to a fiduciary commissioner shall not be necessary. All appointments of committees heretofore made and decrees or judgments heretofore awarded by any court of record in this state against or on behalf of any convict shall not be considered invalid for the reason that the convict had no such estate at the time of the appointment of such committee.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 5. The Penitentiary › §28-5-34. When Estate Committed to Sheriff as Committee

If the person so appointed refuse the trust, or fail to give bond as aforesaid, the county court, on like motion, shall, or such court may in the first instance, commit the estate to the sheriff of the county, who shall be the committee, and he and the sureties on his official bond shall be bound for the faithful performance of his trust.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 5. The Penitentiary › §28-5-35. Appraisement, Inventories and Accounts by and Compensation of Committee

The committee shall have the estate appraised, return inventories, render accounts of his trust, and be made to account therefor, shall be entitled to compensation for his services, and may forfeit his right thereto, all in the same manner, to the same extent, and within the same time, as if he were an administrator or guardian.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 5. The Penitentiary › §28-5-36. Suits by or Against Convict or Committee

Such committee may sue and be sued in respect to debts due to or from such convict, and respecting all other causes of action for which the convict might sue or be sued had no such incarceration taken place, and shall have the privilege of an administrator as to the right of retaining his own debt. No action or suit shall be instituted by or against such convict after he is incarcerated, and all actions or suits to which he is a party at the time of his incarceration shall abate, and continue so until revived by or against the committee, whose duty it shall be to prosecute or defend, as the case may be. Any judgment recovered against such committee shall be a lien upon the lands of the convict to the same extent as if recovered against the convict before the conviction. But the plaintiff in any action, suit or proceeding against the committee of a convict shall not be examined as a witness in his own behalf in such action, suit or proceeding in respect to any transaction or communication had personally with the convict, unless such committee shall be examined as a witness in his own behalf in respect to such transaction or communication, or such convict personally testifies, or his testimony in respect to such transaction or communication is given in evidence.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 5. The Penitentiary › §28-5-37. Maintenance of Convict's Wife and Family

The committee of any convict who was, at the time of incarceration, a resident of this state shall allow (subject to the claims of creditors) a sufficient maintenance out of the convict's estate for his wife and family, if any; the wife to be entitled, as long as he is confined, to the profits of such portion of his estate as she would have if he had died intestate.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 5. The Penitentiary › §28-5-38. Mortgage, Lease or Sale of Real Estate of Convicts

If the personal estate of such convict be insufficient for the discharge of his debts, or if such estate, or the residue thereof after payment of the debts, and the rents and profits of the real estate, be insufficient for the maintenance of the wife and family of such convict, when it is proper to make provision for such maintenance, his committee may proceed, as provided in article one, chapter thirty-seven, of this code, to obtain authority to mortgage, lease or sell so much of the real estate of such convict as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid, or any of them, setting forth in the bill or petition the particulars and the amount of the estate, real and personal, the application which may have been made of any personal estate, and an account of the debts and demands existing against the estate.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 5. The Penitentiary › §28-5-40. How Estate of Nonresident Convict Paid Over to Foreign Committee

The committee or other similar fiduciary appointed in any other state for any convict who was a nonresident of this state at the time of his incarceration, and who at such time was possessed of estate within this state, may, in the manner and under the same conditions as are prescribed for the removal of the estate of a nonresident infant in article eleven, chapter forty-four, of this code, have the committee of such convict in this state authorized to pay over such estate to such committee or other similar fiduciary of such other state.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 5C. Imprisonment of Female Felons › §28-5C-1. Closure of West Virginia Prison for Women

The West Virginia prison for women, a penal institution exclusively for female prisoners, located at Pence Springs, Summers County, West Virginia is hereby closed. The title to all real property at the West Virginia prison for women is hereby transferred to and vested in the public land corporation of West Virginia: Provided, That the public land corporation shall promptly cause an inventory and an appraisal to be made of the real property and shall offer said real property for sale at public auction to be sold for not less than the appraised value, or the land corporation shall lease the real property upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem appropriate. The title to all personal property at the West Virginia prison for women remains vested in the state department of corrections.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 5C. Imprisonment of Female Felons › §28-5C-2. Commitment of Female Felons

Any adult female found guilty of committing a felony as defined in section one, article eleven, chapter sixty-one, who is not placed on probation in accordance with the provisions of article twelve, chapter sixty-two, shall be committed to the custody of the state department of corrections for the duration of her sentence. The commissioner of the state department of corrections shall, as he deems appropriate, either place female felons in state correctional institutions or contract with any person, corporation, governmental agency or other entity for their incarceration and care.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 7. Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders › §28-7-2. State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision

(a) Within thirty days of the effective date of this article, there shall be created a state council for interstate adult offender supervision. Said state council shall be comprised of a total of nine members, to be selected and designated as follows:
(1) Two members designated by the State Legislature, one of whom shall be named and appointed by the speaker of the House, and the other of whom shall be designated by the President of the Senate;
(2) Two members designated by the judiciary, both of whom shall be named and appointed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia;
(3) The compact administrator or a designee of the compact administrator;
(4) Four members to be designated and appointed by the Governor, two of whom must be representatives of state agencies dealing with adult corrections, parole or probation, and one of whom must be a representative of a victims' group.
(b) Within sixty days of the effective date of this article, the state council shall meet and designate a commissioner who shall represent the state as the compacting state's voting representative under article III of this compact.
(c) The state council will exercise oversight and advocacy concerning West Virginia's participation in interstate commission activities and rule makings, and engage in other duties and activities as determined by its members, including, but not limited to, the development of policy concerning the operations and procedures for implementing the compact and interstate commission rules within West Virginia.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 7. Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders › §28-7-3. Appointment of Compact Administrator

(a) Upon and after the effective date of the interstate compact for adult offender supervision, the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to designate an officer who shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like offices of the other party states, shall be responsible for the administration and management of this state's supervision and transfer of adult offenders subject to the terms of this compact, the rules adopted by the interstate commission and the policies adopted by the state council under this compact. Said compact administrator shall serve subject to the will and pleasure of the Governor, and must meet the minimum qualifications for the position of compact administrator, as established by the state council. The compact administrator is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this state and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this state hereunder.
(b) Until such time as the state council has met and established minimum qualifications for the position of compact administrator, the individual or administrator who has been designated by the Governor to act as the compact administrator for the supervision of out-of-state parolees and probationers, pursuant to section one, article six of this chapter, may perform the duties and responsibilities of compact administrator under this article.
(c) Until such time as the state council has met and designated a commissioner to vote on behalf of the State of West Virginia at the interstate commission, the individual or administrator who has been designated to act as the compact administrator for the supervision of out-of-state parolees and probationers, pursuant to section one, article six of this chapter, shall function as the acting commissioner for the State of West Virginia before the interstate commission formed under the new compact.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 28. State Correctional and Penal Institutions › Article 7. Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders › §28-7-4. Transfer Application Fee

On and after July 1, 2004, the Division of Corrections may charge an application fee set by the division, not to exceed $100, to adult offenders applying for transfer out-of-state under the interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders. There is created a special revenue account in the State Treasury designated the "Interstate Compact for Adult Offenders Fund". The application fee shall be deposited in this account and expended to offset the cost of operating the interstate compact. All funds not expended at year-end may be retained and carried forward by the division and used by the division for the same purpose.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1. Division of Culture and History › §29-1-1a. Transfer of Powers and Duties; Existing Contracts and Obligations

Except as otherwise provided in this article, the powers and duties of the West Virginia antiquities commission, the West Virginia arts and humanities council and the department of archives and history are hereby transferred to the Division of Culture and History. All existing contracts and obligations of the West Virginia antiquities commission, the West Virginia arts and humanities council and the department of archives and history, or relating to the present science and culture center, shall remain in full force and effect and shall be performed by the Division of Culture and History.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1. Division of Culture and History › §29-1-2. General Powers of Curator

The curator shall assign and allocate space in all facilities assigned to the department and all space in the building presently known as the West Virginia Science and Culture Center, and any other buildings or sites under the control of the curator, and may, in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, prescribe rules, regulations and fees for the use and occupancy of said facilities, including tours.
The curator shall coordinate the operations and affairs of the sections and commissions of the department and assign each section or commission responsibilities according to criteria the curator deems most efficient, productive and best calculated to carry out the purposes of this article. The curator shall provide to the fullest extent possible for centralization and coordination of the bookkeeping, personnel, purchasing, printing, duplicating, binding and other services which can be efficiently combined. The curator may establish such other sections for such purposes as he or she deems necessary, and may appoint directors thereof. The curator may appoint a director of the West Virginia Science and Culture Center. The curator shall serve as the state historic preservation officer.
After consultation with the section directors and the commissions, the curator shall prepare a proposed department budget for submission to the Governor for each fiscal year.
No contract, agreement or undertaking may be entered into by any section of the department which involves the expenditure of funds without the express written approval of the curator as to fiscal responsibility.
The curator shall prepare and submit to the Governor an annual report in accordance with the provisions of §5-1-20 of this code, which report shall include a detailed account of the activities of each section and commission of the department.
The curator shall employ all personnel for the sections, except for persons in the professional positions established within the sections as provided in this article; and shall supply support services to the commissions and to the Governor’s Mansion Advisory Committee.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1. Division of Culture and History › §29-1-4. Arts Section; Director

The purposes and duties of the arts section are to stimulate, encourage, assist, promote, foster and develop the performing and creative arts and crafts in the state; and in furtherance thereof to make awards, prizes and grants to individual performers, artists or craftsmen and to public or private corporations or associations in the field of either the performing or creative arts and crafts that would tend to encourage and foster the advancement of such arts and crafts; to support cultural, artistic or craft exhibits or performances at the division's facilities or on tour; and to perform such other duties as may be assigned to said section by the commissioner.
With the advice and consent of the commission on the arts, the commissioner shall appoint a director of the arts section, who shall have: (1) A bachelor's degree in the fine arts or related field or equivalent training and experience; or (2) three years' experience in administration of the fine arts or a related field.
With the approval of the commissioner, the director shall establish professional positions within the section. The director shall employ the personnel within these professional positions for the section.
The director may propose rules for legislative promulgation, in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, concerning the professional policies and functions of the arts section, subject to the approval of the commission on the arts.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1. Division of Culture and History › §29-1-8b. Protection of Historic and Prehistoric Sites; Penalties

Historic and prehistoric landmarks, sites and districts, identified by the historic preservation section, on lands owned or leased by the state, or on private lands where investigation and development rights have been acquired by the state by lease or contract, shall not be disturbed, or destroyed except as permitted under sections eight and eight-a of this article.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1. Division of Culture and History › §29-1-9. Administrative Section; Director

The purposes and duties of the administrative section are to provide centralized support to the division in all areas of operations.
The commissioner shall appoint a director of the administrative section who shall have a bachelor's degree and two years' experience in responsible positions involving office management, public administration, budget and fiscal administration, or related fields; or six years' experience as outlined above. Notwithstanding these qualifications, the person serving as director of the administrative section on the date of enactment of this section shall be eligible for appointment as director of the administrative section.
With approval of the commissioner, the director of the administrative section shall establish professional positions within the section.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1. Division of Culture and History › §29-1-10. Division Employees Classified by Civil Service; Exceptions

Effective July 1, 1977, any person employed in any of the agencies consolidated by this article who is a classified civil service employee shall, within the limits provided in article six of this chapter, remain in the civil service system as a covered employee; and all persons employed by the Division of Culture and History shall be employed under the classified service of the civil service system within the limits provided in article six of this chapter.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1. Division of Culture and History › §29-1-11. Power to Accept and Receive Funds; Power to Apply for Grants; Disbursal of Funds; Restrictions on Expenditure; Disposition of Funds Heretofore Received or Appropriated

(a) The division may, in the name of the State of West Virginia, through the commissioner or its commissions, accept and receive grants, appropriations, gifts, bequests and funds from any public or private source for the purpose of carrying out the duties and purposes of this article.
(b) The division may, through the commissioner or its commissions, apply for grants from the federal government, private foundations and any other source for the purposes of this article.
(c) All funds received from any source shall be paid into the Treasury of the state and disbursed upon warrant by the State Auditor following requisition by the division. The requisitions shall be signed by the commissioner or by another person as the commissioner may authorize by written document deposited with the Auditor or, in the event of emergency, by the Governor or the Governor's designee.
(d) No funds or gifts received from any source shall be expended or used for any purpose other than that intended as evidenced by a positive and affirmative declaration or by a negative restriction or limitation.
(e) The division may assist in the promotion and operation of an annual state fair and other regional or local fairs and festivals entitled to aid when funds are available and to expend those funds for the support and development of fairs and festivals.
(f) All federal or state funds received to provide grants-in-aid or awards to further the purposes of this article shall be approved and distributed by the appropriate commission established by this article.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1. Division of Culture and History › §29-1-12. Publication of Materials; Agreements

The Division of Culture and History shall have the power, responsibility and duty to publish or republish material of prehistorical, historical, archaeological, architectural or cultural interest. The Division of Culture and History may sell such publications as well as postcards and other items of such interest at the state museum or any other site or property administered by the state or at any special event sponsored by the state. The division shall have the right to enter into agreements with responsible individuals, private historical, archaeological, architectural or cultural associations, foundations or similar organizations or any agency of the federal, state or local government for the purpose of carrying out its purposes or for raising money to fund the functions of the division.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1. Division of Culture and History › §29-1-13. Land; Control and Disposal; Rules and Regulations

All land owned or leased by the Division of Culture and History shall be titled in the name of the public land corporation of West Virginia but shall be controlled, administered and supervised by the division. The division, in the discretion of its commissioner, may sell or dispose of any real or personal property which, in his or her opinion, does not have sufficient prehistorical, historical, archaeological, architectural or cultural value to justify its retention.
The commissioner shall have the power to make and promulgate rules and regulations relating to the general management and administration of the division.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1. Division of Culture and History › §29-1-14. Washington-Carver Camp; Prohibition of Disposition or Removal of Minerals Without Authorization by the Legislature

Washington-Carver Camp in Fayette County, heretofore transferred to the public land corporation under the control, administration and supervision of the Division of Culture and History shall continue under the control, administration and supervision of the division.
The Division of Culture and History shall undertake to develop such cultural and multicultural, artistic, humanistic and educational programs at the camp as will serve and benefit the citizens of the state and the many cultures represented therein. In order to ensure the maximum reasonable utilization of that portion of the camp under its jurisdiction, the division shall, during times the camp is not being used for the division's purposes, make the camp available, under such terms as the division deems proper, to any other agency of government or nonprofit group desiring to use the camp. The camp shall retain the name "Camp Washington-Carver" as indicative of its heritage of serving the black citizens of the state. The division is authorized to provide necessary and suitable equipment and other resources for implementing the provisions of this section.
No minerals may be assigned, leased or otherwise encumbered, sold, mined, or removed with respect to the property heretofore transferred or the mineral rights retained without specific authorization by the Legislature.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1. Division of Culture and History › §29-1-15. Development or Improvement on Land; State Historic Preservation Office; Rules and Regulations

All development or improvement on land, including any disturbance in a right-of-way, construction project, or infrastructure project, subject to review by the State Historic Preservation Office or by any other agency, office, or component of the Division of Culture and History for prehistorical, historical, archaeological, architectural, or cultural value shall be conducted in the most expedient manner possible. The division shall not add any additional impediment to such review beyond those required by applicable Federal laws, rules, and regulations and shall have no authority to comment, regulate, or otherwise cause another governmental entity to comment upon or regulate, that activity, except in consideration for primacy or continued federal funding.
The commissioner shall have the power to make and promulgate rules and regulations in in conformity with this section, and the commissioner shall modify, upon the effective date of this legislation, any active rule in conflict with the provisions of this section.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1A. Commission on Uniform State Laws › §29-1A-1. Appointment and Qualification; How Vacancies Filled

Within thirty days after the effective date of this article, the Governor, upon the recommendation of the executive council of the West Virginia bar association, of a list of seven eligible persons, shall appoint therefrom three commissioners, no more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party, and each of whom shall be members of the bar of this state, in good standing, or of the judiciary of this state, who shall constitute and be known as the commission on uniform state laws, and upon the death, resignation or refusal to serve of any of the commissioners so appointed, the Governor, upon like recommendation, shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy so caused, such new appointment to be for the unexpired balance of the term of the original appointee.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1A. Commission on Uniform State Laws › §29-1A-2. Term of Office; Expenses

Each of said commissioners shall hold office for a term of four years, and until their successors are duly appointed, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to render a commissioner who has faithfully performed his duties ineligible for reappointment. No member of said commission shall receive any compensation for his services as commissioner, but each commissioner shall be entitled to receive his actual disbursements for expenses in performing the duties of his office, and an account of which expenses, shall be approved by the chairman and paid by the State Auditor as other claims authorized by law.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1A. Commission on Uniform State Laws › §29-1A-2a. Life Members

In addition to the commissioners appointed and serving pursuant to other provisions of this article, any person who serves as a member of the commission for twenty years and because of such years of service is appointed by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws as a life member of such conference shall remain as an additional member of the commission, and shall have the same duties, responsibilities and privileges as any member of the commission appointed by the Governor.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1A. Commission on Uniform State Laws › §29-1A-4. Duties of Commission to Secure Uniformity in State Laws; Report to Legislature

It shall be the duty of each of said commissioners to attend the meeting of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, or to arrange for the attendance of at least one of their number at such national conference, and in such national conference they shall do all in their power to promote uniformity in state laws, upon all subjects where uniformity may be deemed desirable and practicable; said commission shall report to the Legislature at each regular session, and from time to time thereafter as said commission may deem proper, an account of its transactions, and its advice and recommendations for legislation. This report shall be printed for presentation to each Legislature.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1B. Commission on Interstate Cooperation › §29-1B-1. Senate Committee on Interstate Cooperation

There is hereby established a standing committee of the Senate of this state, to be officially known as the "Senate committee on interstate cooperation," and to consist of seven senators. The members and the chairman of this committee shall be designated in the same manner as is customary in the case of the members and chairmen of other standing committees of the Senate. In addition to the regular members, the President of the Senate shall be ex officio an honorary nonvoting member of this committee.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1B. Commission on Interstate Cooperation › §29-1B-2. House Committee on Interstate Cooperation

There is hereby established a similar standing committee of the House of Delegates of this state, to be officially known as the "house committee on interstate cooperation," to consist of seven members of the House of Delegates. The members and the chairman of this committee shall be designated in the same manner as is customary in the case of the members and chairmen of other standing committees of the House of Delegates. In addition to the regular members, the Speaker of the House of Delegates shall be ex officio an honorary nonvoting member of this committee.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1B. Commission on Interstate Cooperation › §29-1B-3. West Virginia Commission on Interstate Cooperation

There is hereby established the West Virginia commission on interstate cooperation. This commission shall be composed of fourteen regular members, namely:
The seven members of the Senate committee on interstate cooperation; and
The seven members of the House committee on interstate cooperation.
The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates shall be ex officio honorary nonvoting members of this commission and as such shall serve as cochairmen thereof.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1B. Commission on Interstate Cooperation › §29-1B-4. Terms of Senate and House Committees

The said standing committee of the Senate and the said standing committee of the House of Delegates shall function during the regular sessions of the Legislature and also during the interim periods between such sessions; their members shall serve until their successors are designated; and they shall respectively constitute for this state the Senate council and House council of the American Legislators' Association.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1B. Commission on Interstate Cooperation › §29-1B-5. Function of Commission

It shall be the function of this commission:
(1) To carry forward the participation of this state as a member of the council of state governments.
(2) To encourage and assist the legislative, executive, administrative and judicial officials and employees of this state to develop and maintain friendly contact by correspondence, by conference, and otherwise, with officials and employees of the other states of the federal government, and of local units of government.
(3) To endeavor to advance cooperation between this state and other units of government whenever it seems advisable to do so by formulating proposals for, and by facilitating:
(a) The adoption of compacts,
(b) The enactment of uniform or reciprocal statutes,
(c) The adoption of uniform or reciprocal administrative rules and regulations,
(d) The informal cooperation of governmental offices with one another,
(e) The personal cooperation of governmental officials and employees with one another, individually,
(f) The institution and consummation of a federal long- range program of flood control, meeting the requirements of the federal flood control acts of one thousand nine hundred thirty- six or other acts of Congress relative thereto,
(g) The interchange and clearance of research and information, and
(h) Any other suitable process.
(4) To perform such duties as from time to time may be assigned to it by the Joint Committee on Government and Finance and to cooperate with the Joint Committee on Government and Finance in joint interim studies.
(5) In short, to do all such acts as will, in the opinion of this commission, enable this state to do its part, or more than its part, in forming a more perfect union among the various governments in the United States and in developing the council of state governments for that purpose.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1B. Commission on Interstate Cooperation › §29-1B-6. Commission May Establish Delegations and Committees

The commission shall establish such delegations and committees as it deems advisable, in order that they may confer and formulate proposals concerning effective means to secure intergovernmental harmony, and may perform other functions for the commission in obedience to its decisions. Subject to the approval of the commission, the member or members of each such delegation or committee shall be appointed by the chairman of the commission. State officials or employees who are not members of the commission on interstate cooperation may be appointed as members of any such delegation or committee, but private citizens holding no governmental position in this state shall not be eligible. The commission may provide such other rules as it considers appropriate concerning the membership and the functioning of any such delegation or committee. The commission may provide for advisory boards for itself and for its various delegations and committees, and may authorize private citizens to serve on such boards.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1B. Commission on Interstate Cooperation › §29-1B-8. Filing Interstate Compacts

(a) Within ninety days of entering into an interstate compact, a commission, agency or person administering the compact between or among states or the federal government, having the force of law and to which this state is a party, shall file with the office of the Secretary of State:
(1) A copy of the compact accompanied by a signed letter of a representative of the commission, agency or person administering the compact stating that the copy is a true and accurate copy of the adopted compact;
(2) A listing of all other jurisdictions party to the compact and the date on which each jurisdiction entered into participation; and
(3) Citations to any act or resolution of the Congress of the United States consenting to the compact.
(b) The commission, agency or person administering the compact shall submit, within a reasonable time from when the information becomes available:
(1) The status of each compact with respect to withdrawals or additions of participating jurisdictions; and
(2) Any amendment, supplementary agreement or administrative rule having the force of law and implementing or modifying the compact.
(c) The office of the Secretary of State shall index these documents and make them available for inspection upon request of any person during normal business hours.
(d) The provisions of this section are in addition to other requirements of law for filing, publication or distribution.
(e) Certified copies of interstate compacts entered into by this state prior to the effective date of this section and the information required to be filed under subsection (a) of this section shall be filed with the office of the Secretary of State by the commission, agency or person administering the compacts within ninety days of the effective date of this section.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1E. Southern States Energy Compact › §29-1E-3. Membership of Board

The Governor shall appoint one of this state's three board members of the southern states energy board which is established by article two of the compact. Such member shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates shall each appoint one member of their respective houses, to serve at their pleasure, as board members of the southern states energy board. The president, the speaker and the Governor are each hereby authorized to appoint an alternate member who may serve at and for such time as the regular member shall designate and shall have the same power and authority as the regular member when so serving.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1E. Southern States Energy Compact › §29-1E-4. Employees of Board

The employees of the board shall be under such merit system as the board shall provide and, for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of article two (f), the board and its employees shall be considered a state agency, and the state employees' retirement system is hereby authorized to contract with the board in order to further or facilitate the activities of the board pursuant to article two (f) of the compact. No such contract shall take effect prior to its approval by the Governor.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1E. Southern States Energy Compact › §29-1E-5. Duties of Members of Board

(a) The members of the board appointed and serving in accordance with section two of this article shall assist in the coordination of atomic and other energy-related activities within this state.
(b) The board members are hereby authorized and empowered to assist in the orderly development of atomic and other energy-related knowledge within the State of West Virginia.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1E. Southern States Energy Compact › §29-1E-10. Effective Date of Amendments to Compact; Prior Compact to Continue in Force

The amendatory provisions to section two of this article enacted in the year one thousand nine hundred seventy-nine shall become effective at such time as nine of the eligible party states to the southern interstate nuclear compact, which may include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands, approve substantially the same changes in the compact as are provided for in section two of this article and the Congress of the United States consents to the compact, substantially as amended by section two of this article; until such time, this state shall continue to remain a member of the southern interstate nuclear compact as set forth in chapter three, acts of the Legislature, one thousand nine hundred sixty-four.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1F. Wheeling Creek Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention District Compact › §29-1F-2. Appointment of Members of Commission; Vacancies

In pursuance of article IV of the above compact, there shall be five members of the Wheeling Creek watershed protection and flood prevention commission from the State of West Virginia, one of whom shall be a member of the board of commissioners of the county of Ohio, West Virginia, appointed by that body to serve at its will and pleasure, one of whom shall be a citizen of the city of Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia, appointed by the board of commissioners of the county of Ohio, West Virginia, to serve at its will and pleasure, one of whom shall be a member of the county court of Marshall county, West Virginia, appointed by that body to serve at its will and pleasure, one of whom shall be a citizen of Marshall county, West Virginia, appointed by the county court thereof to serve at its will and pleasure, and one of whom shall be a member of the board of supervisors of the northern panhandle soil conservation district, appointed by said board of supervisors to serve at its will and pleasure: Provided, That (1) the citizen appointed by the board of commissioners of the county of Ohio, West Virginia, shall not be a member of that body; (2) the citizen appointed by the county court of Marshal county, West Virginia, shall not be a member of that body; and (3) the member appointed by the board of supervisors of the northern panhandle soil conservation district shall not be a resident of either Ohio or Marshall county, West Virginia.
Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority responsible for making the appointment to the position vacated.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1F. Wheeling Creek Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention District Compact › §29-1F-3. Contributions by Political Subdivisions

The county court of Marshall county, West Virginia, and the board of commissioners of the county of Ohio, West Virginia, and any municipality therein, which may reasonably be expected to receive a benefit from the construction, improvement, operation or maintenance of any works of improvement, are hereby authorized and empowered to contribute moneys to the district by appropriation from their respective general funds not otherwise appropriated, and may set up in their respective budgets funds to be spent for such purposes, and such counties or municipalities may levy and collect taxes for such purposes, in the manner provided by law: Provided, That in case sufficient funds cannot be raised by ordinary levies, additional funds may be raised by the counties of Marshall and Ohio, and any such municipality, as provided by section sixteen, article eight, chapter eleven of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended.
Such county court, board of commissioners, and municipal corporations are hereby authorized and empowered to transfer and convey to the district property of any kind heretofore acquired by said county court, board of commissioners, and municipalities, if acceptable to the district as adaptable for use for the purposes of the district, such transfers or conveyances to be without consideration or for such price and upon such terms and conditions as such county court, board of commissioners or municipalities shall determine to be proper.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers › Article 1F. Wheeling Creek Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention District Compact › §29-1F-4. Ohio County Board of Commissioners Authorized to Transfer Certain Special Levy Receipts to the Wheeling Creek Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Commission

The board of commissioners of the county of Ohio is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer to the Wheeling Creek watershed protection and flood prevention commission established by this article all tax revenue and interest thereon received pursuant to and as the result of the special levy election held in Ohio county on May 12, 1964, to raise funds for the Wheeling Creek watershed project, which election was authorized and called by the board of commissioners of the county of Ohio by order entered on March 31, 1964: Provided, That before making any such transfer the board of commissioners of the county of Ohio shall obtain from the Wheeling Creek watershed protection and flood prevention commission written assurances that all such revenue and interest thereon to be so transferred shall be expended solely for the purposes for which such special levies were authorized: Provided further, That upon the receipt of such written assurances the board of commissioners of the county of Ohio shall not be liable for any misapplication by the Wheeling Creek watershed protection and flood prevention commission of any such revenues and interest thereon so transferred.