Senate Bill No. 185
(By Senators Craigo, Plymale, Burnette, Bowman, Mitchell,
Bailey, Ross, Love, Redd and Facemyer)
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[Introduced February 20, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article twenty-three, chapter eighteen of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated
section twenty-five, relating to mandating that the West
Virginia University and Marshall University football teams
play each other annually beginning in the year two thousand
three; and providing that the game site be rotated between
the universities each year.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article twenty-three, chapter eighteen 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-five, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 23. ADDITIONAL POWERS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
GOVERNING BOARDS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION.
§18-23-25. West Virginia University and Marshall University
football teams to play annually.
The governing boards of West Virginia University and
Marshall University shall direct the athletic directors of the
respective universities to schedule annually a football game
between West Virginia University and Marshall University,
beginning in the year two thousand five. The game scheduled in
two thousand three shall be played at West Virginia University,
and thereafter the game site shall be rotated each year between
the universities.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to mandate that the West
Virginia University and Marshall University football teams play
each other annually, beginning in 2003.
This section is new; therefore, underscoring and
strike-throughs have been omitted.