Senate Bill No. 267
(By Senators Wiedebusch, Schoonover and Macnaughtan)
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[Introduced January 31, 1996; referred to the Committee
on Labor; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article ten, chapter
twenty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to amusement rides
and amusement attractions safety; the inspection thereof;
and authorizing the use of fees collected to be used for
enforcement of the article.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article ten, chapter twenty-one of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. AMUSEMENT RIDES AND AMUSEMENT ATTRACTIONS SAFETY
ACT.
§21-10-4. Inspection and permit fees.
The department division shall determine a schedule of
inspection and permit fees, which fees shall may not exceed
twenty one hundred dollars a for each ride or attraction. All
such fees received shall be deposited in the general revenue fund
in a special revenue account in the state treasury known as the
"Amusement Rides and Amusement Attractions Safety Fund." The
division is authorized to make expenditures from the fund for the
purpose of enforcement of the provisions of this article. No
fees may be charged public agencies. The department division
shall issue, and the owner and/or or operator, or both, of the
amusement rides and amusement attractions shall visibly display
to the public, inspection stickers denoting and signifying that
the inspection and permit fee authorized by this section has been
paid.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for a
reasonable increase in the safety inspection fee for inspection
of amusement rides and attractions to cover inspection expenses,
and to allow the use of those fees for enforcement of the
article.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.