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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 17. Roads and Highways » Article 17A. Construction Financing for Surface Transportation Improvements

§17-17A-1. Purpose and Scope

This article is intended to facilitate the acquisition of right-of-way for, the construction of, the reconstruction of and the improvement or repair of any interstate or other highway, secondary road, bridge and toll road to be funded wholly or in part by amounts to be made available pursuant to the Federal Surface Transportation Assistance Act […]

§17-17A-2. Definitions

As used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meaning: "Commissioner" means the West Virginia commissioner of highways. "Cost," when used with respect to any surface transportation improvement, means any and all costs of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, completing or repairing any surface transportation improvement, including without limiting the generality […]

§17-17A-3. Authorization of Notes

The commissioner is hereby authorized to pay the cost of any surface transportation improvement through the issuance of special obligation notes. No such notes may be issued, however, unless they are part of an issue described in a written declaration executed by the Governor and the commissioner and filed in the office of the Secretary […]

§17-17A-4. Establishment of Terms and Sale of Notes; Financial Advisor

The description contained in any declaration with respect to an issue of notes hereunder shall specify the particular surface transportation improvements to be financed through the issuance of the notes, the estimate of the cost of such improvements, the aggregate amount of outstanding notes which may at any point in time constitute a part of […]

§17-17A-5. Security for Notes; Trust Agreements

In connection with any issue of notes hereunder, the commissioner may pledge or assign, as security for the payment of the principal of or interest on such notes, any of the following: (a) Any amounts to be received from the United States of America, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, as reimbursements of the costs […]

§17-17A-6. Rights of Holders; Limitation on Liability of State

The state of West Virginia does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any notes issued under this article that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the commissioner to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders thereof, or in any way impair the rights […]

§17-17A-7. Legality for Investment; Tax Exemption

The notes are hereby made securities in which all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, and other persons, except administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and fiduciaries, who […]