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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations » Article 11. Powers and Duties With Respect to Ordinances and Ordinance Procedures

§8-11-1. Ordinances to Make Municipal Powers Effective; Penalties Imposed Under Judgment of Mayor or Police Court or Municipal Judge; Right to Injunctive Relief; Right to Maintain Action to Collect Fines; Additional Assessment of Costs

(a) To carry into effect the powers and authority conferred upon any municipality or its governing body by the provisions of this chapter, or any past or future act of the Legislature of this state, the governing body has plenary power and authority to: (1) Make and pass all needful ordinances, orders, bylaws, acts, resolutions, […]

§8-11-1b. Additional Costs in Certain Criminal Proceedings

In each criminal case before a mayor or in the municipal court of a municipality in which the defendant is convicted, whether by plea or at trial, under the provisions of a municipal ordinance which has the same elements as an offense described in section two, article five, chapter seventeen-c of this code or section […]

§8-11-2. Validity of Ordinances Delegating Discretion

The fact that an ordinance vests in the governing body or some other body or officer a discretion to do, or refuse to do, a given thing, shall not invalidate such ordinance when it would be impracticable to lay down by ordinance for all cases a uniform guide for exercising such discretion. This section shall […]

§8-11-3. Cases Requiring Enactment of Ordinance

In the following enumerated cases, the action of a governing body shall, except where otherwise provided in this code, be by ordinance: (1) Levying taxes or providing for the collection of fees of any kind;

§8-11-4. Ordinance Procedures

(a) Notwithstanding any charter provision to the contrary, which was in effect on the effective date of this section, it may not be necessary, except where otherwise provided in this code, for the governing body of any municipality to publish in a newspaper any proposed ordinance prior to the adoption thereof or any enacted ordinance […]

§8-11-5. Prejudgment Alternative Disposition of Certain Traffic Offenses

(a) Municipal courts are hereby authorized to establish a prejudgment alternative disposition procedure for traffic offenses over which the court has jurisdiction. (b) Under a prejudgment disposition procedure authorized by subsection (a) of this section, if a person is found guilty of a traffic offense, the municipal court may, with the person's consent, withhold for […]