§7-1-4. County Commission Authority to Enact Ordinance; Ordinance Provisions Defining Terms; Restricting Certain Activities in Relation to Obscene Matter; and Establishing Penalties for Violations
(a) In addition to all other powers which county commissions now possess by law, county commissions may adopt the ordinance provided in subsection (b) of this section. A county commission when adopting this ordinance may delete therefrom such portions of paragraph (A), subdivision (4), subsection (b) of this section that it deems appropriate. (b) The […]
§7-1-5. Duties of County Commissioners; Payment for Services Other Than Services in Court
It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of each county to visit each quarter and inspect institutions within their county for housing and caring for the poor, to inspect the jails, to arrange for the feeding and care of the prisoners therein, to investigate the conditions of the poor within their county, not […]
§7-1-5a. Excusal of Commissioner From Voting Where Conflict of Interest Involved
Each county commissioner present during any county commission meeting when any question is put shall vote unless he is immediately and particularly interested therein. Before such question is put, any member having a direct personal or pecuniary interest therein should announce this fact, and request to be excused from voting. The disqualifying interest must be […]
§7-1-6. Power to Punish for Contempts
The county court of every county shall have the same power to punish for contempts as is conferred by law upon circuit courts, but the penalty imposed for such contempts shall not exceed $50 for any one offense.
§7-1-7. Record Books
(a) Beginning on July 1, 2017, the county commission shall, within sixty days of adoption, through the clerk of the commission, enter into a separate book the complete record of all ordinances adopted by the county commission. The clerk shall list, along with each ordinance in the book, the provision of the West Virginia Code […]
§7-1-3rr. Accessible County Records; Required Information
(a) Beginning December 31, 2020, each county commission shall maintain a website that provides the following information without charge: (1) The title and name of each elected county office holder;
§7-1-3s. Authority to Govern Traffic and Parking; Rules and Regulations; Penalties
County courts are hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, governing (1) the movement, regulation or control of vehicular or pedestrian traffic on property owned by or leased by such county courts, or (2) the regulation or control of vehicular parking on such property. […]
§7-1-3ss. County Option Election on Forbidding Nonintoxicating Beer, Wine, or Alcoholic Liquors to Be Sold, Given, or Dispensed After 6:00 a.m. on Sundays
The county commission of any county may conduct a county option election on the question of whether the sale or dispensing of nonintoxicating beer, wine, or alcoholic liquors in or on a licensed premises shall be allowed in the county beginning 1:00 p.m. on any Sunday, as provided in 11-16-18, 60-7-12, and 60-8-34 of this […]
§7-1-3t. Authority to Make Grants From General Revenue Funds and Other Funds for Water and Sewer Systems
In addition to all other powers and duties now conferred by law upon county courts, such courts are hereby authorized and empowered to make grants from general county revenues and any other revenues of the county available for such purposes, to public service districts as defined and provided for in article thirteen-a, chapter sixteen of […]
§7-1-3tt. Restriction on the Regulation of Trades, Occupations, and Professions
Unless specifically authorized under this code, a county commission shall not enact, and shall not enforce, any law, ordinance, regulation, or rule, requiring the licensing, certification, or registration of any person or business in order to practice or conduct a trade, occupation, or profession within the jurisdiction of the county: Provided, That this section shall […]