Bill Text: WV HB2246 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibiting manufacturing plants from locating within two air miles of an existing public school
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-10 - To House Workforce Development [HB2246 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2021-HB2246-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2246
By Delegate Doyle
[Introduced February 10, 2021; Referred to the Committee on Workforce Development then Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-50, relating to the prohibition of manufacturing plants locating within two air miles of an existing public school without the written permission of the county school board, and requiring that permission requires majority of the school board votes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-50. County board must approve location of manufacturing plants within two air miles of existing public schools; majority vote required.
(a) Effective July 1, 2021, manufacturing plants may not locate within two air miles of existing public schools without the written permission of the county board of education.
(b) A majority vote is required by a county board that grants permission for the location of a manufacturing plant within two air miles of an existing public school.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit manufacturing plants from locating within two air miles of an existing public school without the written permission of the county school board. The bill also requires that a majority of the school board voted to grant this permission.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
