Senate Bill No. 1
(By Senators Craigo, Snyder, Jackson, Chafin, Bailey, Dittmar,
Buckalew, Deem, Boley, Hunter, Sharpe, Schoonover, Love,
Anderson, Fanning, Helmick, Tomblin, Mr. President, and Minear)
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[Introduced January 14, 1998;
referred to the Committee on Government Organization; and then
to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section five, article four, chapter
five-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the department
of administration; general services division; regulation of
parking on state-owned property; and requiring the
construction of a state capitol parking garage.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section five, article four, chapter five-a of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION.
§5A-4-5. Regulation of parking on state-owned property in
Charleston; penalties; jurisdiction.
The secretary is vested with authority to regulate parking
of motor vehicles in accordance with the provisions of this
section with regard to the following state-owned property in the
city of Charleston, Kanawha County:
(a) The east side of Greenbrier Street between Kanawha
Boulevard and Washington Street, East;
(b) The west side of California Avenue between Kanawha
Boulevard and Washington Street, East;
(c) Upon the state-owned grounds upon which state Office
Building No. 3 is located;
(d) Upon the state-owned grounds upon which state Office
Building No. 4, 112 California Avenue, is located;
(e) In the state-owned parking garage at 212 California
Avenue and upon the state-owned grounds upon which such parking
garage is located;
(f) Upon the state-owned property at Michigan Avenue and
Virginia Terrace; and
(g) Upon any other property now or hereafter owned by the
state and used for parking purposes in conjunction with the state
capitol or state office buildings numbers three and four,
including the Laidley field complex: Provided, That the
secretary shall present to the Legislature for its suggestions, on or before the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-eight, plans for the construction of a state capitol
parking garage to be constructed, on property owned by the state
or to be purchased by the state, no later than the thirtieth day
of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine.
The secretary is authorized to promulgate rules and
regulations respecting parking and to allocate parking spaces to
public officers and employees of the state upon all of the
aforementioned property of the state: Provided, That during
sessions of the Legislature, including regular, extended,
extraordinary, and interim sessions, parking on the east side of
Greenbrier Street between Kanawha Boulevard and Washington
Street, East, in the science and culture center parking lot, on
the north side of Kanawha Boulevard between Greenbrier Street and
California Avenue, and on the west side of California Avenue
between Kanawha Boulevard and Washington Street, East, shall be
subject to rules and regulations promulgated jointly by the
speaker of the House of Delegates and the president of the
Senate. Any person parking any vehicle contrary to the rules and
regulations promulgated under authority of this section shall be
subject to a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than
twenty-five dollars for each offense. In addition, the secretary
or the Legislature, as the case may be, may cause the removal at
owner expense of any vehicle that is parked in violation of such rules. and regulations Magistrates in Kanawha County shall have
jurisdiction of all such offenses.
The secretary is authorized to employ such persons as may be
necessary to enforce the parking rules and regulations
promulgated under the provisions of this section.
On or before the first day of December, one thousand nine
hundred ninety, the secretary shall perform a study of the
parking requirements at the capitol complex, which study shall
include the need, estimated cost and availability of a suitable
location, for a parking building at the capitol complex.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the
construction of a state capitol parking garage.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.