(a) The county commission, formerly the county court, tribunal or county council in lieu thereof, of every county within the State of West Virginia shall be a corporation by the name of "The county commission of ………………. County", or "The County Council of ………………….. County" by which name it may sue and be sued, plead […]
In addition to the special funds account authorized by the provisions of section nine of this article, each county court is hereby authorized and empowered to create and establish by proper order, a special account for the deposit of funds received from and granted by the United States of America or the State of West […]
(a) County commissions may make a purchase of commodities and printing of $15,000 or less in amount in the open market, but a purchase of and contract for commodities and printing over $15,000 shall be based on competitive bids, except in case of emergency. (b) The county commission of any county is authorized and empowered […]
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county commissions, such commissions are hereby authorized, by order duly entered of record, to adopt an ordinance which establishes a curfew for persons under eighteen years of age. It shall be unlawful for any person under eighteen years of age to violate […]
(a) Any county ordinance or order concerning the regulation or placement of amateur radio antennas must: (1) Comply with all Federal Communications Commission regulations and its rulings and orders;
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, any county commission may adopt ordinances, rules and regulations providing for the custody and care of animals that have been abandoned, neglected or cruelly treated for the protection of any such animal and to prevent it from becoming a public nuisance or risk to public […]
(a) (1) Any person desiring to contest the qualifications of another person whose nomination in the primary election, nomination by petition, or nomination by appointment to fill a vacancy on the ballot, has been certified and filed pursuant to article five, chapter three of this Code, as a candidate for the office of county commission […]
(a) Whenever a county commission, or any of a countys boards, committees, or any other entities of any kind or nature authorized in this chapter, obtains information that an employee, officer or member of the county commission, or any of a countys boards, committees, or any other entities of any kind or nature authorized in […]
(a) A county government may be reformed, altered, or modified as follows: (1) The county commission or county council of the county may pass a resolution making application to the Legislature to reform, alter, or modify an existing form of county government in accordance with the requirements of the West Virginia Constitution and this section; […]
(a) The Legislature finds that: (1) There is confusion concerning when a candidate for county commission must be a resident of the magisterial district he or she wants to represent;
The county court of each county shall hold four regular sessions in each year at the courthouse thereof, at such times as may be fixed upon and entered of record by the court. It may also hold special sessions, whenever the public interests may require it, to be called by the president with the concurrence […]
The county commissions, through their clerks, shall have the custody of all deeds and other papers presented for record in their counties and the same shall be preserved therein, or otherwise disposed of as now is, or may be prescribed by law. They shall have jurisdiction in all matters of probate, the appointment and qualification […]
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county commissions, such commissions are hereby authorized and empowered to install, construct, repair, maintain and operate waterworks, water mains, sewer lines and sewage disposal plants in connection therewith within their respective counties: Provided, That the county commission of Webster County is authorized […]
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county commissions, county commissions are hereby authorized and empowered to create a hazardous material accident response program. The program may include the establishment of a hazardous materials response team. The hazardous materials response team shall include members of the fire departments, recognized […]
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county courts, such courts are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, install and maintain radio mobile communication equipment and appliances for the use of the sheriff and his deputies in their respective counties and to pay therefor and for the maintenance thereof […]
(a) The county commission in any county is authorized without limiting any other levying authority the counties may have, to levy for and may erect, maintain and operate sheltered workshops in the county and may render financial aid to any one or more sheltered workshop facilities operating in the county. (b) As used in this […]
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county courts, such courts are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, install and maintain photo copying equipment, microphotographic, or other miniature photographic processes, appliances and supplies designated for copying photographically or microphotographically all or any number of its deeds, documents, books, records, […]
(a) In addition to possessing the authority to establish an emergency telephone system pursuant to section four, article six, chapter twenty-four of this code, a county commission or the county commissions of two or more counties may, instead, establish an enhanced emergency telephone system or convert an existing system to an enhanced emergency system. The […]
(a) The county commission in any county may: (1) Levy for and erect, maintain, and operate fire stations; and
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county commissions, such commissions are hereby authorized to establish employee wage and benefits review boards. If a county commission elects to create such a board, the board shall establish uniform: (a) Employee salary scales with ranges of minimum and maximum figures for […]
