WEST virginia legislature
2022 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
Senate Bill 609
By Senators Clements and Jeffries
[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; reported on February 16, 2022]
A BILL to amend and reenact §17-2A-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Commissioner of Highways to accept ownership of equipment that was rented or leased; and setting forth requirements related to acquiring and reporting ownership of equipment.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2A. WEST VIRGINIA COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
§17-2A-15. Other code provisions relating to purchasing not controlling; exceptions.
(a) The provisions of §5A-3-1 et seq. of this code shall not control or govern the purchase,
acquisition, or disposition of any equipment, materials, or supplies by the
commissioner, except as provided in §17-2A-13 and §17-2A-14 of this code. The
commissioner may, in his or her discretion, resort to applicable
provisions of said chapter five-A §5A-3-1 et seq.
of this code and to rules, regulations and practices of the
director of purchases Purchasing Division within the Department of
Administration in purchasing, acquiring, or disposing of equipment,
supplies, and materials.
(b) The commissioner may accept ownership of equipment if the equipment has been rented or leased by the division, maintained by the division, and the equipment vendor voluntarily relinquishes ownership of the equipment to the division. Any equipment acquired pursuant to this subsection shall be included in the division’s inventory and the division’s equipment and vehicle reports. Prior to any termination of a rental or lease agreement with an assumption of ownership of equipment, the commissioner shall notify the Director of the Purchasing Division within the Department of Administration.