Senate Bill No. 183
(By Senator Rowe)
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[Introduced January 11, 2002; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization.]
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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 such coordination and
integration.
(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.