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. ".