Senate Bill No. 543

(By Senators Caruth, Chafin and Faning)

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[Introduced Mach 11, 2009; referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-16A-11a, relating to prohibiting the West Virginia Parkways Authority from issuing any additional revenue bonds.

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 §17-16A-11a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 16A. WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM AUTHORITY.

§17-16A-11a. Parkway revenue bonds may not be issued.

Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the West Virginia Parkways Authority may not issue any additional parkway revenue bonds.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the West Virginia Parkways Authority from issuing additional revenue bonds.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.