H. B. 4098
(By Delegates Sumner, Renner,
Sobonya, Schoen and Duke)
[Introduced
January 21, 2004
; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §4-13-1, relating to
prohibiting the naming of a publicly funded building, road,
structure or project for a living elected official by any
governmental entity in this state and assessing personal
liability for violations.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §4-13-1, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 13. NAMING OF PUBLICLY FUNDED BUILDINGS, ROADS AND
STRUCTURES AND PROJECTS.
§4-13-1. Naming a publicly funded building, road, structure or
project for a living elected official prohibited.
A publicly funded building, road, structure or project may not
be named for a living elected official by any governmental entity
in this state. Any executive, board member or director authorizing
the naming of any publicly funded building, road, structure or project for a living elected official in violation of the
provisions of this section is personally liable to the governmental
entity involved for any costs incurred by that entity as a result
of the violation.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit any
governmental entity of this state from naming any building, road,
structure or project for a living elected official by any
governmental entity. The bill also provides that any responsible
governmental official authorizing the naming of a building, road,
structure or project for a living elected official is liable to the
governmental entity for any costs incurred by a violation.
T
his sec
tion is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.