SB352 HFIN AMT 3-10 AC
The Committee on Finance moved to amend the title of the bill
to read as follows:
Com. Sub. for S. B. 352 - "
A BILL to amend and reenact §13-1-2
of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and
reenact §17-4-47 and §17-4-49 of said code; and to amend said code
by adding thereto a new article, designated §17-28-1, §17-28-2,
§17-28-3, §17-28-4, §17-28-5, §17-28-6, §17-28-7, §17-28-8,
§17-28-9, §17-28-10, §17-28-11 and §17-28-12, all relating
generally to the creation of the West Virginia Community
Empowerment Transportation Act; authorizing county commissions to
issue general obligation bonds for acquiring, maintaining,
improving public roads and transportation facilities; giving
counties authority to impose, administer, collect and enforce
payment of voter-approved user fees to pay for or finance cost of
transportation projects within their counties; defining certain
terms; giving county commissions authority to issue special revenue
bonds to finance transportation projects and including authority to
issue refunding bonds; giving authority to take other actions to
finance and complete transportation projects; authorizing the
Commissioner of Highways to establish procedures relating to review
of transportation projects; making legislative findings; stating
legislative purpose; requiring certain governmental entities
seeking state funds for transportation projects to submit a
transportation project plan to Commissioner of Highways; setting forth transportation project plan requirements; setting forth
conditions for approval by the Commissioner of Highways; providing
notice, advertisement and election requirements for user fees;
providing for a comprehensive agreement for a transportation
facility between the sponsoring governmental entity and the
Division of Highways; establishing the requirements for qualifying
a transportation facility as a public improvement; authorizing
information sharing; requiring a bond covering the division for
improvements to highway facilities required as a result of
development; providing that transportation projects are awarded by
competitive bidding and subject to prevailing wages; authorizing
municipal utilities and public service districts to include into
rates costs borne by the utility in contributing moneys or dedicate
revenue to transportation project costs; and regulating access from
properties to and from state roads.
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