Senate Bill No. 693
(By Senators Wooton and Bailey)
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[Introduced March 26, 2001; referred to the Committee on
Government Organization.]
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A BILL to establish the Beckley-Raleigh county building code
enforcement authority to serve the residents of the city of
Beckley and Raleigh County; and providing the board with power
and authority to regulate and govern the public interest,
health, safety and welfare with regard to enforcing local
building codes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
BECKLEY-RALEIGH COUNTY BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.
§1. Beckley-Raleigh county building code enforcement authority
created; joint support by city of Beckley and the county
commission of Raleigh County.
There is hereby created the Beckley-Raleigh County building
code authority; which authority shall be supported by the city of Beckley and the county commission of Raleigh County, as a joint
endeavor of the two governing authorities in the manner hereinafter
provided.
§2. Board of directors; appointment, powers and duties generally;
officers; bylaws and rules.
The authority is empowered to establish bylaws and promulgate
rules regarding the governance of the authority and the enforcement
of the appropriate state building codes.
The board of directors consists of five directors who serve
without compensation. Each member of the board shall be one of the
following: A licensed structural or civil engineer with
architectural engineering experience, a licensed professional
engineer, architect, builder or building superintendent with at
least ten years of experience, during five of which the member has
been in responsible charge of work:
Provided, That no more than
two appointees may be from the same profession. For the initial
appointments, one member shall be appointed for a five-year term;
one for a four-year term; one for a three-year term; one for a
two-year term; and one shall be appointed for a one-year term. All
other appointments are for five-year terms. The county commission
shall appoint two members to the board; the city of Beckley shall
appoint two members to the board; and the fifth member of the board shall be the president of the local contractors association. The
city and county shall equally contribute funds for the operation of
the authority.
Before the first day of July, two thousand one, the city of
Beckley and the county commission
shall may adopt the state
building code and name their appointments to the board.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create a building code
enforcement authority to conduct its activities in the city of
Beckley and Raleigh County.
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