Senate Bill No. 79
(By Senators Prezioso, Kimble, Hunter, White, Plymale, Dugan,
Helmick, Fanning, Dittmar, Ross, Oliverio, Minear and Schoonover)
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[Introduced January 14, 1998; referred to the Committee
on Military; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article five, chapter twenty of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty,
relating to providing a year-round fifty percent reduction
in campground rental fees for veterans with a total and
permanent disability of the lower extremities.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five, chapter twenty of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. PARKS AND RECREATION.
§20-5-20. Discounts for West Virginia veterans who are totally and permanently disabled in the lower extremities.
The director shall issue a discount card to West Virginia
veterans who are totally and permanently disabled in their lower
extremities which would provide a year-round fifty percent
reduction in campground rental fees for each campsite to be used
exclusively by the eligible camper. In order to be eligible for
the reduction, the person shall document that he or she is a
resident of this state, is an honorably discharged veteran of any
branch of the armed services of the United States, and has a
completely service-related total and permanent disability of the
lower extremities. The director shall propose legislative rules
in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this
code setting forth the documentation which is necessary to prove
eligibility.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide a year-round
fifty percent reduction in campground rental fees for state
veterans with a total and permanent disability of the lower
extremities.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.