2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers › Article 25. Resort Area Districts › §7-25-8. Powers of Resort Area District

Each resort area district may:
(a) Have and use a corporate seal, and alter the same;
(b) Sue and be sued, and be a party to suits, actions and proceedings;
(c) Purchase insurance;
(d) Enter into agreements, contracts or other transactions with any person or governmental agency necessary or incident to the provision of services or the development, planning, construction, acquisition or improvement of a project or for the operation, maintenance or disposition of a project or for any other services required by a project, or to carry out any purposes of the district;
(e) Establish a bank account or accounts in its name;
(f) Design, plan, finance, develop, construct, acquire, extend, improve and complete a project or projects;
(g) Upon following the procedures set forth in this article, assess the cost of all or any portion of a project on real property located within the resort area district;
(h) Accept from any public or private source appropriations, grants, gifts, bequests, devises, loans, contributions and any other benefits available for use in furtherance of district purposes, and to use or dispose of the same to carry out district purposes;
(i) Expend funds to pay the costs of providing services within the district and to acquire, or construct part of a project on property located within or outside of a district, and for any work undertaken thereon, as may be necessary or incident to the completion of a project;
(j) Enter into agreements with the county within which the resort area district is located to plan, develop, construct, acquire or improve a project jointly;
(k) Borrow money and incur indebtedness and other obligations and evidence the same by certificates, notes or debentures: Provided, That such indebtedness shall not exceed the annual budget for the Resort area district without the approval of the property owners at a meeting called for such purpose, a majority of those voting shall constitute approval. Voting may be in person, by mailed ballot, by proxy or by electronic means;
(l) Raise funds by the issuance and sale of assessment bonds and resort service fee bonds: Provided, That the source and sales of bonds shall be approved at a meeting of the property owners called for such purpose. A majority of those voting shall constitute approval. Voting at such meeting may done be in person, by mailed ballot, by proxy or by electronic means;
(m) Annually, on or before June 7, certify to the sheriff of the county in which the property is located the assessments granted against all property in the district for inclusion in the tax ticket;
(n) Charge interest and levy fines and penalties on unpaid assessments;
(o) Create and enforce liens for unpaid assessments;
(p) Adopt bylaws not inconsistent with law;
(q) Implement, administer and collect a resort service fee for the purpose of providing funds for the provision of services and to design, plan, finance, develop, construct, acquire, extend, improve and complete a project or projects within a resort area district;
(r) Acquire, own or hold, in its corporate name, real or personal property, including easements and rights-of-way, by purchase, lease, gift or otherwise, within or without a resort area district for district purposes, as well as obtain options for the acquisition of real property;
(s) Provide services necessary to protect the health and welfare of residents in a resort area district and the value of property therein and to enter into agreements with any governmental agency, public or private agency, institution or person for the furnishing of such services;
(t) Provide for fire protection service;
(u) Provide for the public safety, including the appointment of resort area rangers;
(v) Provide for public recreation by means of parks, including, but not limited to, playgrounds, golf courses, swimming pools, skating rinks or recreation buildings;
(w) Provide for the opening, widening, extending, straightening and surfacing in whole, or in part of, any street and snow removal or clearance for the same or other roads or streets;
(x) Provide for the construction and improvement of street lights, bridges, culverts, curbs, gutters, drains and works incidental to any street improvement; and
(y) Do any and all other things necessary to carry out the purposes of this article and not in violation of the Constitution of this state as may be necessary or incident to the provision of services or the construction and completion of a project.