Senate Bill No. 627
(By Senator Rowe)
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[Introduced March 26, 2001; referred to the Select Committee on
Economic Development.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section ten, article twenty-five,
chapter eight of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to cooperation and
collaboration between regional councils and agencies of
government in planning and development; enhancing planning and
development along highway corridors within the state; and
allowing regional councils to share staff with other regional
councils or agencies of government pursuant to mutual
agreement in order to collaborate with one another and to
coordinate activities to enhance and coordinate planning and
development in regions of the state and along highway
corridors of the state.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section ten, article twenty-five, chapter eight of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 25. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS -- REGIONAL PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT.
§8-25-10. Cooperation of regional council and other planning or
development agencies, governmental units and
officials.
(a) To effectuate the purposes of this article, regional
councils shall cooperate and collaborate and may share staff
pursuant to agreements by the parties, with each other and with
planning agencies or development agencies within the region or
within other regions, with the governing bodies and administrative
officials of any municipality, county or any other political
subdivision in order to coordinate or collaborate in planning and
development for the cooperating counties and further to enhance and
coordinate planning and development along the highway corridors of
the state. including those
(b) Regional councils shall cooperate and collaborate with
similar councils and entities in other states, or with any other
entity, private or public, whose interests are in harmony with the
purposes of this article, in order to coordinate and harmonize planning and development for the cooperating units and, further to
enhance and coordinate planning and development along the highway
corridors of this state.
(c) All state departments and agencies shall cooperate with
regional councils established under this article and shall make
available for the studies conducted by such the
councils, reports,
data and other informational and technical assistance within
financial and personnel limitations.
(d) Each regional council may appoint such committees or
members to joint committees and may adopt such rules and
regulations as may be proper to effect the purposes of this
article.
(e)
The governing bodies and administrative officials of
municipalities, counties and other political subdivisions within
this state are hereby empowered and authorized to cooperate and
collaborate and may share staff as may be agreed to with such
planning and development agencies and with the governing bodies and
administrative officials of state agencies and political
subdivisions and planning and development agencies of this state,
and to cooperate with similar agencies and bodies
in other states
for the purpose of such coordination, collaboration and integration
in accordance with the provisions of this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
cause regional planning
councils and agencies of government to cooperate and collaborate
with one another in planning and development. It would allow
regional councils to share staff with other regional councils and
agencies of government by mutual agreement in order to collaborate
with one another and to coordinate activities for planning and
development and further to enhance and coordinate planning and
development along highway corridors in the state.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.