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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 4355

(By Browning, Moore, Ellis, Kominar

White and Burdiss)


(Originating in the Committee on Finance)


[February 19, 2008]


A BILL to amend and reenact §20-14-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing the Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Authority to retain civil penalties imposed for violation of authority rules, for the benefit of the Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §20-14-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 14. HATFIELD-MCCOY REGIONAL RECREATION AUTHORITY.
§20-14-8. Violation of rules, criminal and civil penalties; use of funds fund established.

(a) Any person who violates any of the rules promulgated by the board pursuant to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense.
(b) Any person who violates any of the rules promulgated by the board pursuant of this article relating to permits or failure to purchase a permit, safety violations or other civil violations is subject to a civil penalty of one hundred dollars. Authority rangers shall issue citations for civil violations.
(c) All civil penalties for civil violations received pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the authority for deposit on or before the last day of each month, with the State Treasurer in the State Treasury to the credit of a special revenue fund to be known as the Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area Fund, which is hereby created for the benefit of the Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area. Amounts collected which are found, from time to time, to exceed the funds needed for the purposes set forth in this article may be transferred to other accounts or funds and designated for other purposes by appropriation of the Legislature. Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Authority for use by the board in is discretion for the benefit of the Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area. Effective July 1, 2008, the special revenue fund known as the Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Fund shall be terminated, and any and all funds remaining in the fund shall be transferred from the fund and remitted to the Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Authority for use by the Board in its discretion for the benefit of the Hatfield- McCoy Recreation Area.
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