ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 219
(By Senators Wooton, Caldwell, Fanning, Hunter, Kessler, Oliverio, Redd,
Ross, Rowe, Snyder, Deem, Facemyer and McKenzie)
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[Passed January 30, 2002; in effect from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section seven, article one, chapter
twenty-four-e of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the statewide
addressing and mapping board; and extending deadline for the
board to issue requests for proposals and legislative rules.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seven, article one, chapter twenty-four-e of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended
and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. WEST VIRGINIA STATEWIDE ADDRESSING AND MAPPING BOARD.
§24E-1-7. Request for proposals; title to works; disbursements to
vendors and public agencies; legislative and emergency rules.
(a) The board shall, no later than the first day of January,
two thousand three, issue a request or requests for proposals for
statewide addressing and mapping. The request for proposal must
include requirements that each map, compilation or other work created as a result of the statewide addressing and mapping
intended to be accomplished by this article must be a "work made
for hire" within the meaning of the copyright laws of the United
States, 17 U. S. C. §101, et seq., and that all right, title and
interest to each map, compilation or other work must vest in the
board. The request or requests for proposal may include any
standards or requirements the board finds necessary or proper,
including, without limitation, compliance with any applicable
emergency or legislative rules. The board shall select a qualified
vendor or vendors in accordance with the applicable provisions of
article three, chapter five-a of this code. Disbursements from the
West Virginia statewide addressing and mapping fund established by
section five of this article are specifically authorized in order
to pay the selected vendor or vendors.
(b) The board may also consider applications of public
agencies, including, without limitation, county commissions and
municipalities, to participate in the statewide addressing and
mapping to be accomplished by this article. Disbursements from the
West Virginia statewide addressing and mapping fund are
specifically authorized in order to reimburse such public agencies,
in whole or in part, for the costs incurred by them in
participating in the addressing and mapping to be accomplished by
this article in the amount, if any, determined by the board.
(c) No later than the first day of January, two thousand three, the board shall propose legislative rules to accomplish the
purposes of this section in accordance with the provisions of
article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. The rules may
require public agencies that apply for reimbursement under this
section, but that are exempt from statewide standards under section
six of this article, to comply with acceptable standards to be
specified in those rules as a condition of receiving reimbursement.
The standards, however, are not necessarily required to be the
statewide standards to be proposed by the board in legislative
rules under said section. Emergency rules are specifically
authorized for the purposes of this section.