§7-25-4. Power and Authority of County Commissions to Create and Establish Resort Area Districts
(a) Every county is hereby empowered and authorized, in addition to any other rights, powers and authority conferred upon it elsewhere in this code, to create, modify, reject or expand resort area districts within that county in the manner hereinafter set forth and to assist in the provision of services and development, construction, acquisition, extension […]
§7-25-5. Petition for Creation or Expansion of Resort Area District; Petition Requirements
(a) The owners of at least 61 percent of the real property, determined by acreage, located within the boundaries of the resort area described in the petition, by metes and bounds or otherwise in a manner sufficient to describe the area, may petition a governing body to create or expand a resort area district. (b) […]
§7-25-6. Notice to Property Owners Before Creation or Expansion of Resort Area District; Form of Notice; Affidavit of Publication; Election
(a) Before the adoption of an order creating a resort area district, the governing body shall cause notice to be given to the owners of real property located within the proposed resort area district that the order will be considered for adoption at a public meeting of the governing body at a date, time, and […]
§7-25-7. Creation of Resort Area District; Resort Area District to Be a Public Corporation
(a) Each resort area district shall be created by adoption of an order by the governing body. (b) From and after the date of the adoption of the order creating a resort area district, it shall thereafter be a public corporation, but without any power to levy or collect ad valorem taxes.
§7-25-7a. Voluntary Dissolution Resort Area District
(a) The owners of twenty-five percent or more of the real property in a resort area district may petition the board to dissolve that resort area district. (b) Within sixty days of the submission of a petition for the dissolution of a resort area district, the board shall verify the total number of eligible petitioners […]
§7-25-8. Powers of Resort Area District
Each resort area district may: (a) Have and use a corporate seal, and alter the same; (b) Sue and be sued, and be a party to suits, actions and proceedings; (c) Purchase insurance; (d) Enter into agreements, contracts or other transactions with any person or governmental agency necessary or incident to the provision of services […]
§7-23-3. Flexibility for County Commissions, Municipalities and County Boards of Education
(a) Application for waiver of policies, rules and regulations. (1) The purpose of this section is to provide a procedure by which county commissions, municipalities and county boards of education may apply for waiver of a policy, rule or regulation the commission, municipality or board believes is preventing it from carrying out its duties and […]
§7-24-1. Appalachian Regional Interstate Compact; Form of Compact
The Appalachian Region Interstate Compact (the compact) is hereby created and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: Article I. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Appalachian Region Interstate Compact. Article II. Compact established. Pursuant to section ten, article I […]
§7-25-1. Short Title
This article shall be known and cited as the "Resort Area District Act".
§7-25-2. Findings
The Legislature finds that: (a) West Virginia's resorts and other recreational areas have an important role in the economy of the local areas surrounding their locations. (b) West Virginia's resorts and other recreational areas are often located in unincorporated areas and, as a consequence, such areas have less funding available to provide infrastructure and essential […]