H. B. 2344
(By Delegates Sumner, Sobonya,
Schoen and Duke)
[Introduced February 15, 2005; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §4-13-1, relating to
prohibiting the naming of a publicly funded building, road,
structure or project for a living elected official by any
governmental entity in this State and assessing personal
liability for violations.
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 §4-13-1, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 13. NAMING OF PUBLICLY FUNDED BUILDINGS, ROADS,
STRUCTURES AND PROJECTS.
§4-13-1. Naming a publicly funded building, road, structure or
project for a living elected official prohibited.
A publicly funded building, road, structure or project may not be named for a living elected official by any governmental entity
in this State. Any executive, board member or director authorizing
the naming of any publicly funded building, road, structure or
project for a living elected official, in violation of the
provisions of this section, is personally liable to the
governmental entity involved for any costs incurred by that entity
as a result of the violation.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit any governmental
entity of this State from naming any building, road, structure or
project for a living elected official by any governmental entity.
The bill also provides that any responsible governmental official
authorizing the naming of a building, road, structure or project
for a living elected official is liable to the governmental entity
for any costs incurred by a violation.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.