West Virginia · statute · W. Va. Code ch. 7 · 624 active provisions
(a) The county commission, formerly the county court, tribunal or county council in lieu thereof, of every county within the State of West Virginia shall be a corporation by the name of "The county commission of ................... County", or "The County Council of ....................... County" by which name it may…
(a) A county government may be reformed, altered, or modified as follows: (1) The county commission or county council of the county may pass a resolution making application to the Legislature to reform, alter, or modify an existing form of county government in accordance with the requirements of the West Virginia Const…
(a) The Legislature finds that: (1) There is confusion concerning when a candidate for county commission must be a resident of the magisterial district he or she wants to represent; (2) The supreme court has discussed the residency requirement in several cases and has conflicting interpretations; (3) It is imperative t…
The county court of each county shall hold four regular sessions in each year at the courthouse thereof, at such times as may be fixed upon and entered of record by the court. It may also hold special sessions, whenever the public interests may require it, to be called by the president with the concurrence of at least…
(a) The county commissions, through their clerks, shall have the custody of all deeds and other papers presented for record in their counties and the same shall be preserved therein, or otherwise disposed of as now is, or may be prescribed by law. They shall have jurisdiction in all matters of probate, the appointment…
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county commissions, such commissions are hereby authorized and empowered to install, construct, repair, maintain and operate waterworks, water mains, sewer lines and sewage disposal plants in connection therewith within their respective counties: Prov…
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county commissions, county commissions are hereby authorized and empowered to create a hazardous material accident response program. The program may include the establishment of a hazardous materials response team. The hazardous materials response tea…
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county courts, such courts are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, install and maintain radio mobile communication equipment and appliances for the use of the sheriff and his deputies in their respective counties and to pay therefor and for t…
(a) The county commission in any county is authorized without limiting any other levying authority the counties may have, to levy for and may erect, maintain and operate sheltered workshops in the county and may render financial aid to any one or more sheltered workshop facilities operating in the county. (b) As used i…
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county courts, such courts are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, install and maintain photo copying equipment, microphotographic, or other miniature photographic processes, appliances and supplies designated for copying photographically or…
(a) In addition to possessing the authority to establish an emergency telephone system pursuant to section four, article six, chapter twenty-four of this code, a county commission or the county commissions of two or more counties may, instead, establish an enhanced emergency telephone system or convert an existing syst…
(a) The county commission in any county may: (1) Levy for and erect, maintain, and operate fire stations; and (2) Form county fire prevention units, and supply equipment therefor in the county: Provided, That if a county commission establishes a separate county fire prevention unit in any city in West Virginia that is…
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county commissions, such commissions are hereby authorized to establish employee wage and benefits review boards. If a county commission elects to create such a board, the board shall establish uniform: (a) Employee salary scales with ranges of minimu…
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county commissions, such commissions are hereby empowered to acquire, by purchase, right of eminent domain, lease, gift, or otherwise, land for the establishment of public refuse dumps and sanitary landfills, and to operate and maintain such dumps and…
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code the county commission may enter into a contract with one or more banking institutions, as defined in section two, article one, chapter thirty-one-a of this code, doing business in the county for the purpose of receiving payment of any service fee authorized in this artic…
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county commissions, such commissions are hereby empowered to establish, operate and maintain, either directly or by contract, garbage and refuse collection and disposal services, and to pay for the establishment, operation and maintenance of such coll…
(a) Plenary power and authority are hereby conferred upon every county commission to adopt ordinances regulating the repair, alteration, or improvement, or the vacating and closing or removal or demolition, or any combination thereof, of any dwellings or other buildings, except for buildings or dwellings on agricultura…
In addition to all other powers and duties not conferred by law upon county courts, such courts are hereby empowered to acquire, by purchase, right of eminent domain, lease, gift, or otherwise, and to operate and maintain, sewerage systems and sewage treatment plants, and to pay the cost of operation and maintenance th…
(a) In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county commissions, county commissions are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into and execute a lease agreement to obtain equipment or material. (b) The lease agreement may not be voided because it provides: (1) That title to the equipment…
The county court of any county, upon the verified application of any landowner whose land abuts on any unused road, street, or other travel way designated on any map or plat of a subdivision of land or otherwise within such county but outside of incorporated towns or cities thereof, is hereby authorized to close and va…
Every county commission, building commission created pursuant to article thirty-three, chapter eight of this code and development authority created pursuant to article twelve of this chapter is authorized to sell, lease as lessor or dispose of any of its real or personal property or any interest therein or any part the…
Any county commission may join together in the exercise of any of its powers, duties and responsibilities, or otherwise cooperate with any other county or counties, municipality or municipalities, the government of this state or of the United States in carrying out any lawful purpose not in conflict with the Constituti…
In addition to all other powers now conferred by law upon county commissions, the commissions are hereby authorized to require owners, residents or occupants of factory-built homes situated in a factory-built home rental community with at least ten factory-built homes to visibly post the specific numeric portion of the…
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county courts, such courts are hereby authorized and empowered to establish a county coordinating council for the purpose of coordinating county improvement programs with state and federal programs designed for this purpose. The council hereby created…
(a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Exotic entertainment" means live entertainment, dancing or other services conducted by persons while nude or seminude in a commercial setting or for profit. (2) "Seminude" means the appearance of: (A) The female breast below a horizontal line across the top of the areola at it…