COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 79
(By Senators Prezioso, Kimble, Hunter, White, Plymale, Dugan,
Helmick, Fanning, Dittmar, Ross, Oliverio, Minear and Schoonover)
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[Originating in the Committee on Finance;
reported February 5, 1998.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section nineteen, article five,
chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to providing
a year-round fifty percent reduction in campground rental
fees for West Virginia residents with total and permanent
disabilities.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section nineteen, article five, chapter twenty of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. PARKS AND RECREATION.
§20-5-19. Discounts for West Virginia residents who are totally
and permanently disabled.
The director shall issue a discount card to West Virginia
residents who are totally and permanently disabled which would
provide a 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
and that he or she has a total and permanent disability. The
director shall promulgate propose rules for promulgation in
accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code
setting forth the documentation which is necessary to prove
residency and total and permanent disability: Provided, however,
That the fifty percent reduction in campground rental fees
applies only to those rentals occurring during the period of time
beginning on the day after Labor Day and ending four days prior
to Memorial Day.
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(Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.)