Bill Text: WV HB2325 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Limiting supervision of laying of lines on state rights-of-way
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-10 - To House Government Organization [HB2325 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2018-HB2325-Introduced.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2017 regular session
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to the Committee on Government Organization.
A BILL to amend the Code
of West Virginia,1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-13A-9b,
relating to public service districts; laying of water or sewer lines on state
rights-of-way; limitation on required supervision by a state engineer.
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 §16-13A-9b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 13A. PUBLIC
SERVICE DISTRICTS.
§16-13A-9b.
Supervision of laying of lines on state rights-of-way limited.
When a public service
district lays water or sewer lines on state rights-of-way, the state may
require a state engineer to inspect the project at its commencement,
periodically and at its conclusion. The
state may not require a public service district to have an on-site state
engineer for the entire time the project is under construction.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is
to prohibit the state from requiring a public service district to have a state
engineer on site during the entire construction period of projects on state
rights-of-way.
Strike-throughs indicate language
that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring
indicates new language that would be added.