ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 70
(By Senators Prezioso, Oliverio, Edgell, Hunter, Helmick,
Mitchell, Kessler, Walker, Bowman, Sharpe, Ross, Schoonover,
McKenzie, Ball, Unger, Sprouse, Wooton, Jackson, Craigo,
Plymale, Minard, Fanning, Love, Minear and Tomblin)
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[Introduced January 13, 1999; referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources; 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.
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.
The director shall issue a discount card to West Virginia
veterans who are totally and permanently disabled in their lower
extremities which would
provide a year-round fifty percent reduction in campground rental
fees for each campsite to be used exclusively by the eligible
camper. 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.