§8-27-4. Urban mass transportation authorities authorized; authorities to be public corporations.
Any municipality or county, or both, or any two or more municipalities within any county or contiguous counties, or any two or more contiguous counties, or any combination thereof, may create an urban mass transportation authority. Such authority shall be created upon the adoption, by the governing body of each participating government, acting individually, of an appropriate ordinance or order. Each authority shall constitute a public corporation, and as such, shall have perpetual existence.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session