ENGROSSED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 472
(By Senators Kessler, Bowman, Jackson,
McCabe, Plymale, Boley and Unger )
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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;
reported March 22, 2001.]
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A BILL to amend article two, chapter twenty-four of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
nineteen, relating to authorizing the public service
commission to create a study task force to study radio and
communication tower systems; and exclusions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter twenty-four of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
nineteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
§24-2-19. Authority to create a study task force.
The commission shall have the authority, by its own initiative
or by request of the joint committee on government and finance, to
appoint a study task force to study radio and communication tower
systems, excluding federal communications commission licensed AM/FM
towers, in West Virginia and related problems or issues. In the
event a study task force is created, the study task force shall
make a report to the Legislature on the first day of the session
immediately following the appointment of the study task force.