Chapter 29, Chapter 29

As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Compact" means the southern states energy compact; (2) "Board" means the southern states energy board.

The intent of this legislation is to authorize and provide funding for the design, construction and maintenance of a veterans memorial on the grounds of the state Capitol complex in Charleston. The funding of this memorial shall be derived from a voluntary check-off and contribut…

The following Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, which has been negotiated by representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the states of West Virginia, Delaware and Maryland, is hereby approved, ratified, adopted, enacted into law, and entered int…

The following Wheeling Creek Watershed protection and flood prevention district compact, which has been negotiated by representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of West Virginia, is hereby approved, ratified, adopted, enacted into law and entered into by th…

The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the State of West Virginia with the state of Maryland, with participation through concurrence by the United States army corps of engineers legally joining in the form substantially as follows: JENNIN…

Within thirty days after the effective date of this article, the Governor, upon the recommendation of the executive council of the West Virginia bar association, of a list of seven eligible persons, shall appoint therefrom three commissioners, no more than two of whom shall be me…

(a) On July 1, 2025, the Department of Arts, Culture, and History, is abolished and its authorities and duties transferred to the Department of Tourism. (b) On July 1, 2025, the following sections and commissions shall be reorganized under the Department of Tourism: (1) The Arts …

The term "budgetary processes" in Article 2(C)(2) of the Compact shall be construed to include the presentation by the Commission of its proposed budget for each fiscal period to the budget office of the department of finance and administration for study and consideration, and ea…

The amendatory provisions to section two of this article enacted in the year one thousand nine hundred seventy-nine shall become effective at such time as nine of the eligible party states to the southern interstate nuclear compact, which may include the Commonwealth of Puerto Ri…

(a) The secretary may, in the name of the State of West Virginia, accept and receive grants, appropriations, gifts, bequests and funds from any public or private source for the purpose of carrying out the duties and purposes of this article. (b) The secretary may, through the, ap…

This article shall take effect and become operative and the Compact be executed for and on behalf of this state only from and after the approval, ratification and adoption, and entering into thereof by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The department shall have the power, responsibility and duty to publish or republish material of prehistorical, historical, archaeological, architectural or cultural interest. The department may sell such publications as well as postcards and other items of such interest at the s…

All land owned or leased by the department pursuant to this article shall be titled in the name of the public land corporation of West Virginia but shall be controlled, administered and supervised by the department. The secretary may sell or dispose of any real or personal proper…

Washington-Carver Camp in Fayette County, heretofore transferred to the public land corporation under the control, administration, and supervision of the department, shall continue under the department’s control, administration and supervision. The department shall undertake to d…

All development or improvement on land, including any disturbance in a right-of-way, construction project, or infrastructure project, subject to review by the State Historic Preservation Office or by any other section or commission listed in §29-1-1(b) of this code for prehistori…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the powers and duties of the West Virginia antiquities commission, the West Virginia arts and humanities council and the department of archives and history are hereby transferred to the Department of Tourism. (b) All existing asse…

This article shall take effect and become operative and the compact be executed for and on behalf of this state only from and after the approval, ratification, and adoption, and entering into thereof by the state of Maryland and with the concurrence of the United States army corp…

The Tax Commissioner shall cause each West Virginia personal income tax return form to contain a provision whereby the taxpayer (and his spouse if a joint return) may designate a portion or all of his tax refund to the West Virginia voluntary veterans memorial check-off program. …

Each of said commissioners shall hold office for a term of four years, and until their successors are duly appointed, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to render a commissioner who has faithfully performed his duties ineligible for reappointment. No member of said c…

In pursuance of article IV of the above compact, there shall be five members of the Wheeling Creek watershed protection and flood prevention commission from the State of West Virginia, one of whom shall be a member of the board of commissioners of the county of Ohio, West Virgini…

(a) The secretary shall assign and allocate space in all facilities assigned to the department and all space in the building presently known as the West Virginia Science and Culture Center, and any other buildings or sites under the control of the department, and may, in accordan…

In pursuance of Article 2 of the Compact, the Governor of the State of West Virginia, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint two persons as members of the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission from the State of West Virginia, each of w…

The southern states energy compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the State of West Virginia with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHERN STATES ENERGY COMPACT Article I. Policy and Pu…

In addition to the commissioners appointed and serving pursuant to other provisions of this article, any person who serves as a member of the commission for twenty years and because of such years of service is appointed by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state…

There is hereby granted to the Commission and members of the Commission all of the powers provided for in the Compact and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the Compact in every particular. All officers of this state are hereby authorized and directed t…

The commissioners shall meet at the state Capitol at least once in two years and shall organize by the election of one of their number as chairman and another as secretary, who shall hold their respective offices for a term of two years and until their successors are elected and …

The county court of Marshall county, West Virginia, and the board of commissioners of the county of Ohio, West Virginia, and any municipality therein, which may reasonably be expected to receive a benefit from the construction, improvement, operation or maintenance of any works o…

(a) The Commission on the Arts is continued and shall be composed of 15 appointed voting members, the secretary as an ex officio voting member, the director of the arts section as an ex officio nonvoting member, and the ex officio nonvoting members set forth or authorized for app…

The tax department shall determine by July 1, of each year the total amount designated pursuant to this article and shall report such amount to the state Treasurer who shall credit such amount to a special department of culture and history fund.

The Governor shall appoint one of this state's three board members of the southern states energy board which is established by article two of the compact. Such member shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegate…

The employees of the board shall be under such merit system as the board shall provide and, for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of article two (f), the board and its employees shall be considered a state agency, and the state employees' retirement system is hereby aut…

The funds shall be used for the purpose of designing, constructing and maintaining a veterans memorial on the grounds of the state Capitol complex in Charleston under the supervision of the commissioner of culture and history with the advice of the department of veterans' affairs…

The board of commissioners of the county of Ohio is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer to the Wheeling Creek watershed protection and flood prevention commission established by this article all tax revenue and interest thereon received pursuant to and as the result of th…

(a) The purposes and duties of the arts section are to stimulate, encourage, assist, promote, foster and develop the performing and creative arts and crafts in the state; and in furtherance thereof to make awards, prizes and grants to individual performers, artists or craftsmen a…

It shall be the duty of each of said commissioners to attend the meeting of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, or to arrange for the attendance of at least one of their number at such national conference, and in such national conference they shall do …

Any powers herein granted to the Commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in the Commission by other laws of this state, by the other party states, by Congress or the terms of the Compact.

(a) The members of the board appointed and serving in accordance with section two of this article shall assist in the coordination of atomic and other energy-related activities within this state. (b) The board members are hereby authorized and empowered to assist in the orderly d…

The departments, boards, agencies, commissions, officers and employees of the state and its subdivisions are authorized and directed to cooperate with the director of health in the furtherance of any of his activities pursuant to the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste…

(a) The archives and history commission which is hereby created shall be composed of thirteen appointed members and six ex officio nonvoting members as provided in this section. (b) The Governor shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint the mem…

Subdivision (i), article VI, of the Wheeling Creek Watershed protection and flood prevention district compact shall be effective from the date of its enactment insofar as it relates to property situated in the State of West Virginia, but shall not apply to property situated in th…

This article shall apply to all personal income tax returns required to be filed on and after July 1, 1988, and before July 1, 1991.

Any supplementary agreement entered into under article six of the compact requiring the expenditure of funds shall not become effective as to the state until the required funds are appropriated by the Legislature.

The director of health is authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations as are necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the Compact and this article. Such authorization shall include, without limitation, rules and regulations necessary and incidental to carrying…

(a) The purposes and duties of the archives and history section are to locate, survey, investigate, register, identify, preserve, protect, restore and recommend to the secretary for acquisition documents and records having historical, evidential, administrative and/or legal value…

(a) Following the establishment of a regional facility pursuant to the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, the director of health, the Attorney General or the prosecuting attorney of any county in which a violation occurs may seek in the name of the state an i…

The departments, boards, agencies, commissions, officers and employees of the state and its subdivisions are authorized to cooperate with the board in the furtherance of any of its activities pursuant to this compact.

(a) The purposes and duties of the museums section are to locate, survey, investigate, register, identify, excavate, preserve, protect, restore and recommend to the secretary for acquisition historic objects worthy of preservation, relating to the State of West Virginia and the t…

(a) The purposes and duties of the historic preservation section are to locate, survey, investigate, register, identify, preserve, protect, restore and recommend to the secretary for acquisition historic, architectural, archaeological and cultural sites, structures and objects wo…

The Legislature may appropriate such funds as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, article, and sections.

(a) Any person who after the establishment of a regional facility pursuant to the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact violates or causes to be violated the provisions of section (a) or section (b), Article 4 of the Compact or any of the provisions of or regulat…