Bill Text: WV HB2694 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the development and implementation of a program to facilitate commercial sponsorship of rest areas
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-16 - Chapter 224, Acts, Regular Session, 2018 [HB2694 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2018-HB2694-Introduced.html
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WEST virginia legislature
2017 regular session
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to the Committee on Roads and Transportation then Finance.
A BILL to amend the Code
of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated
§17-4-55, relating to the development and implementation of a program to
facilitate commercial sponsorship of rest areas, welcome centers and roads;
providing for sponsorship agreements; providing for agreement requirements;
providing for disposition of funds received from agreements; providing for the
promulgation of emergency or legislative rules; and providing for a report of
the status of the program.
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 §17-4-55, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. STATE ROAD
SYSTEM.
§17-4-55. Controlled access facilities sponsorship
program.
(a) The Division of
Highways shall develop and implement a program to facilitate commercial
sponsorship of rest areas, welcome centers and roads, as defined in section
three, article one, chapter seventeen of this code, to help offset the costs of
the operation and maintenance of rest areas, welcome centers and roads.
(b) The Division of
Highways may enter into sponsorship agreements with private entities in
accordance with this section. A sponsorship agreement may allow a private
entity to place advertising signs identifying itself as a sponsor of the rest
area, welcome center or road that is visible to the traveling public in
exchange for consideration at fair market value. A sponsorship agreement may
include any other provisions the Division of Highways deems necessary.
(c) Sponsorship
agreements shall comply with all applicable state and federal rules and
regulations.
(d) All net revenue
received by the Division of Highways from the sponsorship agreements shall be
deposited in the State Road Fund.
(e) The Commissioner
of the Division of Highways may propose rules for legislative approval or
emergency rules pursuant to article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code
to establish and implement the program as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this section.
(f) On or before
December 1, 2017, the Commissioner of the Division of Highways shall submit a
report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance detailing the status
and progress of the development and implementation of the program.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is
to develop and implement a program to facilitate commercial sponsorship of rest
areas, welcome centers, and roads. The bill provides for sponsorship
agreements. The bill provides for agreement requirements. The bill provides for
disposition of funds received from agreements. The bill provides for the
promulgation of emergency or legislative rules. The bill provides for a report
of the status of the program.
Strike-throughs indicate language
that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring
indicates new language that would be added.