H. B. 4355
(By Delegates Browning, Moore, Ellis, Kominar,
White and Burdiss)
[Introduced January 31, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
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; 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 and use by the board
in its discretion for the benefit of the Hatfield-McCoy Recreation
Area.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow 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.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.