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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

for

H. B. 2050


(By Delegates Craig and Morgan)

[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization]

(February 11, 2010)



A BILL to amend and reenact sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 chapter 232, Acts of the Legislature, regular session, 1997, all relating to the West Virginia Route 2 and Interstate 68 Authority; adding Cabell, Mason and Jackson counties to the authority; increasing the number of members; and requesting the Governor and the Secretary of Transportation to seek federal funding.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 chapter 232, Acts of the Legislature, regular session, 1997, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
WEST VIRGINIA ROUTE 2 AND INTERSTATE 68 AUTHORITY.
§1. West Virginia Route 2 and Interstate 68 Authority created; purposes.
There is hereby created continued a West Virginia Route 2 and Interstate 68 Authority to promote and advance the construction of a modern highway through Cabell, Mason, Jackson, Wood, Pleasants, Tyler, Wetzel, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, Hancock, Marion and Monongalia counties and to coordinate with counties, municipalities, state and federal agencies, public nonprofit corporations, private corporations, associations, partnerships and individuals for the purpose of planning, assisting and establishing recreational, tourism, industrial, economic and community development of West Virginia Route 2 between Huntington, Parkersburg and Chester and Interstate 68 between Moundsville and Morgantown for the benefit of West Virginians.
The Legislature requests that the Governor and the Secretary of Transportation seek support from West Virginia's congressional delegation for priority funding to make Route 2 from Hancock County to Cabell County a four-lane highway, to be completed by the year 2030.
§2. Members; appointment; officers.

(a) The Authority consists of twenty 26 voting members and three ex officio nonvoting members. All members shall be are appointed before the July 1, 1997, The members from Cabell, Mason and Jackson counties are appointed before July 1, 2010.
(b) Each of The county commissions of the counties of Cabell, Mason, Jackson, Wood, Pleasants, Tyler, Wetzel, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, Hancock, Marion and Monongalia shall appoint two voting members to the Authority. The terms of the voting members initially appointed by a county commission are as follows: One member shall be appointed for a term of two years and one member shall be appointed for a term of four years. All successive appointments shall be for a term of four years. Any voting member may be removed for cause by the appointing county commission.
(c) The three ex officio nonvoting members are the Commissioner of Highways or designee, the Director of Natural Resources or designee and the Executive Director of the West Virginia Development Office or designee.
(d) Should a vacancy occur, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired portion. thereof. All members are eligible for reappointment.
(e) The Authority shall meet annually on the third Monday in July and at such other times designated by the Authority in its bylaws. A special meeting may be called by the president, the secretary or any two members of the Authority and may be held only after all members are given notice of the meeting in writing. Eleven 14 voting members constitute a quorum for all meetings. At each annual meeting of the Authority, it shall elect a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. The Authority shall adopt bylaws and rules as may be necessary for its operation and management.
§3. Powers.
(a) The Authority has all, but only those powers necessary, incidental, convenient and advisable for the following purposes:
(1) The promotion of economic development and tourism along West Virginia Route 2 between Huntington, Parkersburg and Chester and Interstate 68 between Moundsville and Morgantown;
(2) Advocating actions consistent with that plan or its provisions to or before any governmental entity or any private person or entity; and
(3) Otherwise acting in an advisory capacity with regard to any aspects of West Virginia Route 2 between Huntington, Parkersburg and Chester and Interstate 68 between Moundsville and Morgantown at the request of or without the request of any governmental entity or private person or entity.
(b) The Authority may not own any of the real estate or real property herein described for development and may not be responsible for operating or maintaining the highways described herein.
§4.
Compensation.

Each voting member of the Authority shall receive compensation and expense reimbursement from the governing body which appointed the member in an amount to be fixed by the governing body, not to exceed the same compensation and expense reimbursement as is paid to members of the Legislature for their interim duties as recommended by the citizens legislative compensation commission and authorized by law, for each day or substantial portion thereof engaged in the performance of official duties.
§5.
Body corporate.

The Authority hereby created is a public corporation and as such it may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded and may have and use a corporate seal.

§6. Severability.
If any provision hereof is held invalid, the invalidity may not affect other provisions hereof which can be given effect without the invalid provision, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.


Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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