Municipalities
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to the approval of the Historic Landmarks Commission [HB-2356]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Arts and Culture ]
The purpose of this bill is to require the approval of the Historic Landmarks Commission for certain Municipal Planning Commission projects within a historic district designated by listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Relating to the power of local government authorities to regulate vehicular traffic within their borders [HB-2357]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to give municipalities the authority to regulate the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles within their borders when there is at least one reasonable alternate route available for those vehicles.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Requiring county commissions maintain websites with specific information [SB-268]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Community Development ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
The purpose of this bill is to require county commissions to maintain websites with specific information and to provide website information to the Secretary of State, to require Class I and Class II municipalities to maintain websites with specific information, and to allow Class III and IV municipalities to maintain websites provided they contain specific information.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Terminating the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program and Municipal Home Rule Board [HB-2307]
[Community Development ]
Terminating the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program and Municipal Home Rule Board
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Allowing county commissions and municipalities adopt building codes equal to or less stringent than state building code [SB-165]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow municipalities and county commissions to adopt building codes provided they are no more stringent than the state building code.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Prohibiting counties and municipalities from adopting ordinances or regulations that base restrictions on the breed of a dog [HB-2168]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit municipalities and counties from enacting ordinances or regulations that base restrictions on the breed of a dog.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Limiting the authority of municipalities to regulate the purchasing, possessing, transferring, owning, carrying, transporting, selling and storing of knives [HB-2209]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to limit the authority of municipalities to regulate the purchasing, possessing, transferring, owning, carrying, transporting, selling and storing of knives.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Authorizing counties and municipalities to establish a joint airport hazard comprehensive plan [HB-2208]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow counties and municipalities to establish a joint airport hazard comprehensive plan for the purpose of satisfying requirements of federal aviation law, protecting the public safety or preventing hazardous conditions.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Providing meetings and conference rights for members of municipal fire departments [HB-2048]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide meetings and conference rights for members of municipal fire departments. The bill also creates duties for the firefighters= Civil Service Commissions.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to the rule-making authority of local boards of health [HB-2095]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish a procedure by which a local governing body may review and vote upon the adoption, amendment or revocation of existing local board of health rules and to require that a governing body officially adopt all proposed local board of health rules by a majority vote before any new rule may be enforced.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
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Relating to the West Virginia Land Reuse Agency Authorization Act [HB-2109]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to include a municipal land bank as an agency within the West Virginia Land Reuse Agency Authorization Act and that a municipal land bank may acquire tax delinquent property. The bill also provides that a municipal land bank may have the right of first refusal to buy any tax delinquent property with an assessed value of $75,000 or less, within municipal limits, for taxes owed and any related fees before the tax delinquent property is placed for public auction at tax sales.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Defining the term minor boundary adjustment [HB-2064]
[Real Estate ]
The purpose of this bill is to define the term “minor boundary adjustment.”