H.
B.
4431
(By Delegate Mezzatesta)
[Introduced February 10, 1994; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation.]
A BILL to amend article ten, chapter seventeen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-six, relating to the county commissions of each county receiving notice of transportation projects.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article ten, chapter seventeen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-six to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. COUNTY COMMISSIONS; MUNICIPALITIES; GENERAL
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES AS TO ROADS, ETC.
§
17-10-26. County commissions to receive annual notice of
transportation projects.
The secretary of the department of transportation shall report annually to each county commission on all transportation projects planned in that county for the next fiscal year, as well as solicit the input of county commissioners, mayors and citizens of every incorporated city and town within the county:
Provided,
That the county commissioners and officials of any metropolitan area within that county shall be responsible for coordinating the public input process with the annual state planning process.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for maximum citizen input of transportation projects planned in that county for the next fiscal year.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.