Senate Bill No. 442
(By Senators Prezioso, Bailey, Buckalew, Dittmar,
Helmick, Hunter, Wooton, Kimble, Ross, Schoonover and Sharpe)
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[Introduced March 24, 1997; referred to the Committee
on Military; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article five, chapter twenty of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty,
relating to providing a year-round fifty percent reduction
in campground rental fees for veterans with a total and
permanent disability of the lower extremities.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five, chapter twenty 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, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. PARKS AND RECREATION.
§20-5-20. Discounts for West Virginia veterans who are totally and permanently disabled in the lower extremities.
The director shall issue a discount card to West Virginia veterans who are totally and permanently disabled which would
provide a year-round fifty percent reduction in campground rental
fees for each campsite to be used exclusively by the eligible
camper: Provided, That in order to be eligible for the
reduction, the person shall document that he or she is a resident
of this state, is an honorably discharged veteran of any branch
of the armed services of the United States, and has a completely
service-related total and permanent disability of the lower
extremities. The director shall propose legislative rules in
accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code
setting forth the documentation which is necessary to prove
eligibility.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide a year-round
fifty percent reduction in campground rental fees for state
veterans with a total and permanent disability of the lower
extremities.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.