Chapter 7, Chapter 7

Any city and county or county having or that may hereafter erect a joint city and county workhouse, or county workhouse, may receive as inmates of such joint city and county workhouse, or county workhouse, persons sentenced thereto as provided by law, from counties and municipal …

The commissioners of any county, or the council of any municipal corporation, wherein there is no workhouse, may agree with the council of any municipal corporation or other authority having control of the workhouse of any other city, or with the directors of any district or join…

When any person has been convicted of a misdemeanor or of the violation of any ordinance of a municipal corporation, by any court or magistrate of the state, or of such municipal corporation, in a county or municipal corporation having no workhouse, and the commissioners of such …

The direction, management and control of any such joint workhouse, and the maintenance and care of the convicts therein, shall be vested in a board of five directors, who shall be called "the board of joint city and county workhouse directors," and such directors shall be freehol…

When a person is sentenced to such workhouse by the circuit or criminal courts, the clerk thereof shall make and deliver to the sheriff a certified copy of the docket and journal entries, showing the crime charged and the sentence of the court, which shall be delivered by the she…

When a person is committed to such workhouse under sentence that he stand committed to such workhouse until the fine and costs of prosecution assessed against him are paid, as provided in section eighteen, such person may pay in money, in whole or in part, to the board of workhou…

The board of joint city and county workshop directors, or county workhouse directors, may enlarge or improve the buildings, shops or grounds from any surplus that may arise from the income of such workhouse, or from the levy from such maintenance made by such county and city, or …

In all cases of sentence and commitment to such joint city and county workhouse all officers shall be paid the same fees therefor allowed by law for similar services in other cases; such fees, in cases of misdemeanor, shall be paid out of the county treasury of the county from wh…

The foregoing board of joint city and county workhouse directors shall have power to establish rules and regulations under which, and specify the conditions on which, any prisoner may be allowed to go upon parole outside of the buildings and inclosures, but to remain while on par…

The directors shall be appointed by the mayor, and the county court or other tribunal acting in lieu thereof, of such city and county having such joint workhouse, with the approval of the council of such city and county commissioners, and shall hold their office for five years, e…

The board of such joint city and county workhouse directors shall elect annually, at its first regular meeting in May, one of its members as president and at the same meeting appoint a secretary and clerk, who shall make a complete record of all its proceedings, and the board may…

Contracts may be made by or on behalf of the board, but it shall be essential to the validity of every such contract that the same shall be assented to at a regular meeting by a majority of all members, and a minute thereof entered on the journal of its proceedings.

The board shall have power to appoint a superintendent, deputy superintendent, and such subordinate officers, guards and employees as may be necessary, fix their compensation and prescribe their duties, and to make all such regulations for their management and government as it ma…

The board shall have power to make, establish and enforce rules and regulations for its own government, and the government and control of the institution, its officers and inmates, and make contracts for supplies and the labor of its inmates either within the corporate limits of …

The books of the institution shall be so kept as to clearly exhibit the time, state and condition of the inmates, the number received and discharged, by what court and for what cause committed, the length of the time of commitment of each person, the number of days' labor perform…

The board shall cause quarterly statements to be made, specifying minutely all receipts and expenditures, from whom and for what purpose received, and to whom and for what purpose paid, with proper voucher for each item, and submit such statement properly certified to the council…

The sheriff of each county of this state shall annually designate, by a record made in the office of the clerk of the county commission, one of his or her deputies to act as humane officer of the county; or, if the county commission and sheriff agree, the county dog warden may be…

(a) Humane officers shall prevent the perpetration or continuance of any act of cruelty upon any animal and investigate and, upon probable cause, cause the arrest and assist in the prosecution of any person engaging in such cruel and forbidden practices. Upon reasonable cause, an…

When any person arrested is, at the time of such arrest, in charge of any vehicle drawn by or containing any animal cruelly treated, such officer shall take charge of such animal and of such vehicle and its contents, and of the animal or animals drawing the same, and shall, if th…

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (h) of this section, a humane officer shall take possession of any animal, including birds or wildlife in captivity, known or believed to be abandoned, neglected, deprived of necessary sustenance, shelter, medical care or reasonable pro…

(a) It is the duty of any licensed veterinarian and the right of any other person to report to a humane officer any animal found, reasonably known or believed to be abandoned, neglected or cruelly treated as set forth in this article, and such veterinarian or other person may not…

Any humane officer or animal shelter lawfully may humanely destroy or cause to be humanely destroyed any animal in a manner consistent with the provisions of section four of this article when, in the judgment of the humane officer or director or supervisor of an animal shelter an…

Any county commission by order entered of record and any municipality by ordinance or any county and municipality by joint agreement may, if it or they so desire, establish a museum commission hereinafter, in this article referred to as the commission, to consist of not less than…

The county court of any county is hereby authorized and empowered, by order entered of record, to create a county parks and recreation commission for the purpose of establishing, improving, developing, administering, operating and maintaining a county public parks and recreation …

This article may be known and cited as "The West Virginia Tax Increment Financing Act".

(a) No development or redevelopment district may be in existence for a period longer than 30 years (unless two or more districts are combined as described in §7-11B-9(c) of this code) and no tax increment financing obligations may have a final maturity date later than the termina…

(a) The county commission, or the governing body of a municipality, may pay, but shall have no obligation to pay, the costs of preparing the project plan or forming the development or redevelopment district created by them. (b) If the county commission, or the governing body of t…

The boundaries of any development and redevelopment districts shall not overlap with any other development or redevelopment district.

(a) If any member of the governing body of an agency applying for a development or redevelopment district or a development or redevelopment project plan, a member of the county commission considering the application or a member of the governing body of a municipality considering …

(a) Any project acquired, constructed, or financed, in whole or in part, by a county commission or municipality under this article shall be considered to be a "public improvement" within the meaning of the provisions of articles one-c, chapter twenty-one of this code. (b) The cou…

(a) Each year, the county commission, or its designee, and the governing body of a municipality, or its designee, that has approved a development or redevelopment project plan shall prepare a report giving the status of each plan and each development and redevelopment project inc…

(a) Upon and after the effective date of the creation of a development or redevelopment district, the county assessor of the county in which the district is located shall transmit to the county clerk a certified statement of the base assessed value, total ad valorem regular levy …

(a) For so long as the development or redevelopment district exists, the county sheriff shall divide the ad valorem tax revenue collected, with respect to taxable property in the district, as follows: (1) The assessor shall determine for each tax year: (A) The amount of ad valore…

(a) The county commission or municipality that created the development or redevelopment district shall deposit in the tax increment financing fund of the development or redevelopment district all payments in lieu of taxes received pursuant to any agreement entered into on or subs…

(a) Tax increment obligations may be issued by a county commission, or the governing body of the municipality, to pay project costs for projects included in the development or redevelopment plan approved by the Development Office and adopted by the county commission, or the gover…

(a) It is found and declared to be the policy of this state to promote and facilitate the orderly development and economic stability of its communities. County commissions need the ability to raise revenue to finance capital improvements and facilities that are designed to encour…

In any such order or ordinance, the governing body shall include provisions specifying (1) the terms of the members of such commission; (2) a method of filling vacancies; (3) whether the members of the commission are to be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses actu…

Any parks and recreation commission created by a county court pursuant to the authority of this article shall be a public corporate body with perpetual existence and a corporate seal. It shall be known as the (name of county) county parks and recreation commission. Any board of p…

For the purpose of paying project costs, or for the purpose of refunding notes issued under this article for the purpose of paying project costs, the county commission or municipality creating the development or redevelopment district may issue tax increment financing obligations…

(a) Issuance of tax increment financing obligations shall be authorized by order of the county commission, or ordinance of the municipality, that created the development or redevelopment district. (b) The order, or ordinance, shall state the name of the development or redevelopme…

(a) Tax increment financing obligations may not be issued in an amount exceeding the estimated aggregate project costs, including all costs of issuance of the tax increment financing obligations. (b) Tax increment financing obligations shall not be included in the computation of …

To increase the security and marketability of tax increment financing obligations, the county commission or municipality issuing the obligations may: (1) Create a lien for the benefit of the holders of the obligations upon any capital improvements, facilities or both financed by …

(a) Tax increment financing obligations issued by a county commission or municipality are payable out of the tax increment financing fund created for each development and redevelopment district created under this article. (b) The county commission or municipality issuing the tax …

Tax increment financing obligations issued under this article, together with the interest and income therefrom, shall be exempt from all state income taxes, whether imposed on individuals, corporations or other persons, from state business franchise taxes and from ad valorem prop…

(a) Moneys received in the tax increment financing fund of the development or redevelopment district in excess of amounts needed to pay project costs and debt service may be used by the county commission or municipality that created the development or redevelopment district for o…

For purposes of any computation made in accordance with the provisions of section eleven, article nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code, for a county in which there is tax increment financing in effect pursuant to this article, the assessed value shall be the current assessed val…

Notwithstanding the effective date of this act of the Legislature, this article shall not become operational and shall have no force and effect until the day the people ratify an amendment to the Constitution of this state authorizing tax increment financing secured by ad valorem…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the citizens of the state would benefit from coordinated road construction efforts by county commissions, municipalities and the division of highways. (b) Notwithstanding any other section of this code to the contrary, any two or…

In addition to the powers and duties set forth in this article, any county parks and recreation commission organized pursuant to the provision of this article is hereby empowered and authorized: (1) To sell and convey any real estate owned by it which is not contiguous to any tra…

(a) General. — When used in this article, words and phrases defined in this section have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless a different meaning is clearly required either by the context in which the word or phrase is used or by specific definition in this articl…