In order to provide modern and efficient facilities for the training, operations, supply and administration of the National Guard, to provide for the defense of the state in time of war and to repel invasion and suppress insurrection, to provide facilities for use in time of fires, floods, riots and other disasters, to provide public […]
The board is hereby authorized to fix, revise, charge and collect rent for the use of armories or any part or parts thereof, and to contract with the Adjutant General of the state, with any other officer, department or public corporation or political subdivision thereof and with any person, partnership, association or corporation desiring the […]
The board shall have authority to pledge all revenue derived from any project as security for any bonds issued under this article to defray the cost of such project. In any case in which the board may deem it advisable it shall also have the authority to pledge the revenue derived from any existing armories […]
Title to all property, armories and armory projects, upon delivery and acceptance, shall vest in the state and shall be held in the name of the state. The board may, upon such terms as the board may deem to be in the best interest of the state, transfer title to any armory to the United […]
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Adjutant General to enter into leases for armories on behalf of the National Guard or state guard.
The board is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, whenever it shall deem such purchase expedient, any land, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements and other interests in lands as it may deem necessary or convenient for the construction or operation of any armory or armory project upon such terms and at such price […]
The Adjutant General is hereby authorized in his discretion to expend out of any funds available for the purpose such moneys as may be necessary for the study of any preliminary armory project or projects and for making necessary estimates, plans and surveys to determine the feasibility of the construction and financing thereof; and all […]
Any county or municipality or two or more municipalities jointly may raise and appropriate money in the aid of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, repair and improvement of any armory located therein, and to that end may issue bonds payable not more than thirty years after their issue and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding […]
Whenever any armory shall be no longer needed by the National Guard, or other military organization, or in the judgment of the board is unsuitable for military purposes, the board shall have the authority, and it is hereby expressly empowered to sell, transfer and convey such armory to the municipality, county or county board of […]
The exercise of the powers granted in this article will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state, and, as the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation and maintenance of armories will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the board shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon […]
Nothing in this article contained shall be so construed or interpreted as to authorize and permit the incurring of state debts of any kind or nature as contemplated by the provisions of the Constitution of the State of West Virginia in relation to state debt, or any subdivision thereof.
Armory board revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any such political subdivision, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the funds […]
It shall not be necessary to secure from any officer or board not named in this article any approval or consent, or any certificate or finding, or to hold an election, or to take any proceedings whatever, either for the construction of such project, or the improvement, maintenance, operation, or repair thereof, or for the […]
The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this article shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (a) The word "board" shall mean the state armory board created by section four of this article, or if such board be abolished, any board or officer succeeding to the […]
The state armory board is continued. The board may sue and be sued, and plead and be impleaded. It is a body corporate and is an agency of the state. The exercise by the board of the powers conferred by this article in the acquisition, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of armories and armory projects […]
The board shall be responsible for the acquisition, financing, construction, and disposition of armories. It shall properly maintain, repair, operate, manage and control all armories, fix the rates of rental, and establish bylaws and rules and regulations for their use and operation, and may make and enter into all contracts, agreements necessary and incidental to […]
The board is hereby authorized and empowered: (a) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business. (b) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure. (c) To sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded: Provided, however, That any and all […]
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections five and six of this article, all powers and duties of the state armory board, with respect to any armory or armory project upon which there is no bonded indebtedness, and the income of which is not dedicated to retire any bonded indebtedness, to maintain, repair, operate, manage and […]
The board is hereby empowered to raise the cost of the project, as defined hereinabove, by the issuance of armory board revenue bonds of the State of West Virginia, the principal of and interest on which bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund provided by section ten of this article for such payment. […]
The board may enter into an agreement or agreements with any trust company, or with any bank having the powers of a trust company, either within or outside of the state, as trustee for the holders of bonds issued hereunder, setting forth therein such duties of the state and of the board in respect to […]
