Bill Text: WV HB4850 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Creating a process by which voters may recall a county ordinance in a special election
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-11 - To House Political Subdivisions [HB4850 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-HB4850-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4850
By Delegates C. Martin, P. Martin, Dean, Fast, Steele, Foster, Hanna, Bibby and Shott
[Introduced February 11, 2020; Referred to the Committee on Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §7-1-17, relating to creating a process by which voters may recall a county ordinance in a special election.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1. COUNTY COMMISSIONS GENERALLY.
§7-1-17. Recall of ordinance or code provision.
A county shall, upon presentation of a petition bearing the signatures, written in their own handwriting, of not less than 15 percent of the voters of the last general election, hold a special county election to submit to the qualified voters of such county the question of a recall of any ordinance or code provision previously enacted by the governance of the county.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create a process by which voters may recall a county ordinance in a special election.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
