Senate Bill No. 289
(By Senators Sharpe, Ross and Helmick)
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[Introduced February 8, 1994; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section six-a, article two, chapter thirty-eight of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to mechanics' liens; and granting such a lien to a surveyor for materials furnished, work done or services provided.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section six-a, article two, chapter thirty-eight of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. MECHANICS' LIENS.

§38-2-6a. Lien of architect, surveyor, engineer or landscape architect.

An architect, surveyor, engineer or landscape architect shall have a lien for his or her compensation as provided for in sections one through six, inclusive, of this article for all materials furnished and all work done, or all services provided by such architect, surveyor, engineer and landscape architect asa contractor, subcontractor, materialman, mechanic or laborer, as the case may be.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to grant a mechanics' lien to a surveyor for materials furnished, work done or services provided.

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