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H. B. 4630

 

         (By Delegate Boggs)

         [Introduced February 20, 2012; referred to the

         Committee on Political Subdivisions.]

 

 

 

 

A BILL to amend and reenact chapter 196 of the Acts of the Legislature, regular session, 1963, as last amended and reenacted by chapter 206 of the Acts of the Legislature, regular session, 1967, all relating to the Braxton County Recreational Development Authority; modifying the membership of the Braxton County Recreational Development Authority; transferring certain authority from the Braxton County Board of Education to the Braxton County Commission; and requiring the approval of the Braxton County Commission and the Braxton County Board of Education on land transactions conducted by the authority.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That chapter 196 of the Acts of the Legislature, regular session, 1963, as last amended and reenacted by chapter 206 of the Acts of the Legislature, regular session, 1967, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:

BRAXTON COUNTY RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

§1. Board of Education authorized to create Braxton County Recreational Development Authority continued.

    The board of education of the county of Braxton is hereby authorized to create and establish a public agency to be known as the “Braxton County Recreational Development Authority” (hereinafter called the authority), to succeed to all rights, interests and authority hereinbefore vested in the Braxton County Four-h Club Development Authority, The Braxton County Recreational Development Authority is continued for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter set forth provided in this act.

§2. Acquisition, construction, maintenance, etc. of the county Four-H youth camps and recreational areas and facilities.

    The authority is hereby authorized to acquire, equip, construct, improve, maintain and operate county Four-H youth camps and general public recreational areas and facilities in Braxton County with all usual and convenient appurtenances, including, but not limited to, recreational facilities, such as swimming pools, tennis courts, golf courses and horse riding stables; and to operate, either directly or on a concession basis, any activity that is necessary or convenient, customary or desirable, and related or incidental to the above-mentioned camps and recreational areas and facilities, including, but not limited to, hotels, restaurants and gift shops.

§3. Members of the authority.

    (a) The management and control of the authority, its property, operations, business and affairs, shall be is lodged in a board of five persons who shall be known as “Members of the Authority” members each of whom shall be appointed for a term of five years. except that as to the first five appointed to the first board appointed, the term of one member shall expire on the first day of July next ensuing and the term of the next member shall expire on the first day of July two years thereafter, the term of another member shall expire on the first day of July three years thereafter, the term of another member shall expire on the first day of July four years thereafter, and the term of the remaining member shall expire on the first day of July five years thereafter. After June 30, 2012, as terms expire or vacancies are filled, appointments shall be made by the Braxton County Commission so that no more than two of these members represent any one magisterial district located within Braxton County.

    (b) Effective July 1, 2012, the board shall include two additional members, bringing the total board membership to seven. One member shall be a member of and appointed by the Braxton County Commission. One member shall be a member of and appointed by the Braxton County Board of Education. These members serve for five-year terms or for as long as the member continues to serve on the county commission or board of education, respectively, whichever is shorter.

§4. Removal of member.

    If the Board of Education of the county of Braxton Braxton County Commission desires to remove a member of the authority it shall notify said the member in writing, stating the reasons for the Board of Education of the county of Braxton its desiring said the removal. Within ten days of the receipt by the member of the authority of the written notice of removal, said the member, if he or she so desires, may have a hearing before the Board of Education of the county of Braxton and any such Braxton County Commission and the hearing shall be held within ten days of the member’s request for said a hearing. Any member so removed shall have has the right to petition the Braxton County Circuit Court of Braxton county to review the action of said board of education the commission.

§5. Substitution of members.

    Except for the member appointed by the Braxton County Board of Education, if any member of the authority dies, or resigns, or be is removed, or for any other reason ceases to be a member of the authority, the Board of Education of the county of Braxton County Commission shall appoint another person to fill the unexpired portion of the term of such the member.

§6. Qualification of members. of the Authority

    All members of the board of the authority shall must be citizens of West Virginia, over thirty years of age and residents of Braxton County and of legal voting age.

§7. Payment of expenses of members.

    No member of the board of the authority shall may receive any compensation, whether in form of salary, per diem allowances or otherwise, for or in connection with his or her service as a member. Each member shall, however, be is entitled to reimbursement by the authority for any necessary expenditures in connection with the performance of his or her general duties as such a member.

§8. Public corporation.

    The authority when created, and the members thereof, shall constitute and be is a public corporation under with the name of “Braxton County Recreational Development Authority” and as such shall have has perpetual succession, may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded and have and use a common seal.

§9. Powers generally.

    (a) The authority is hereby given power and authority as follows may:

    (1) To Make and adopt all necessary bylaws, rules and regulations for its organization and operation not inconsistent with law;

    (2) To Elect its own officers, to appoint committees and to employ and fix the compensation for personnel necessary for its operation;

    (3) To Enter into contracts with any person, governmental department, firm or corporation, including both public and private corporations, and generally to do any and all things necessary or convenient for the purpose of acquiring, equipping, constructing, maintaining, improving, extending, financing and operating county youth camps and general public recreational areas and facilities and all usual and convenient appurtenant activities and facilities in Braxton County, West Virginia, including, but not limited to, those enumerated in section two hereof of this act;

    (4) To Delegate any authority given to it by law to any of its officers, committees, agents or employees;

    (5) To Apply from, receive and use grants-in-aid, donations and contributions from any source or sources, including, but not limited to, the federal government and any agency thereof of the federal government, and the State of West Virginia, and to accept and use bequests, devises, gifts and donations from any person, firm or corporation;

    (6) To Acquire lands and hold title thereto in its own name;

    (7) To Purchase, own, hold, sell and dispose of personal property and to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any real estate which it may own;

    (8) To Borrow money and execute and deliver negotiable notes, mortgage bonds, other bonds, debentures, and other evidences of indebtedness therefor, and give such security therefor as shall be is requisite, including giving a mortgage or deed of trust on its property and facilities in connection with the issuance of mortgage bonds;

    (9) To Raise funds by the issuance and sale of revenue bonds in the manner provided by the applicable provisions of article four-a sixteen, chapter eight of the Code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, it being hereby expressly provided that the authority is a “municipal authority” within the definition of that term as defined in section two, article one, chapter eight of the Code of West Virginia, and used in said article four-a article sixteen, chapter eight of the code; and

    (10) To Expend its funds in the execution of the its powers and authority. herein given

    (b) The buying, selling, trading of land must have a majority vote of the Braxton County Commission, the Braxton County Board of Education, and the five members of the Braxton County Recreational Development Authority appointed under subsection (a), section three of this act.

§10. Indebtedness of the authority.

    The authority may incur any proper indebtedness and issue any obligations and give any security therefor which it may deem considers necessary or advisable in connection with carrying out its purposes. as hereinbefore mentioned No statutory limitation with respect to the nature or amount of indebtedness which may be incurred by municipalities or other public bodies shall apply applies to indebtedness of the authority. No indebtedness of any nature of the authority shall constitute is an indebtedness of the County court of the county of Braxton County Commission, nor of said the county nor of said the board of education, or a charge against any property of said the county or board. No obligation incurred by the authority shall give gives any right against any member or the County court of the county of Braxton County Commission or any member of the said board of education or any member of the board or authority. The rights of creditors of the authority shall be are solely against the authority as a corporate body and shall may be satisfied only out of property held by it in its corporate capacity.

§11. Agreements in connection with obtaining funds.

    The authority may, in connection with obtaining funds for its purpose, enter into any agreement with any person, firm or corporation, including the federal government, or any agency or subdivision thereof of the federal government, containing such provisions, convenants, terms and conditions as the authority may deem it considers advisable.

§12. Property, bonds and obligations of authority exempt from taxation.

    The authority shall be is exempt from the payment of any taxes or fees to the state or any subdivisions thereof of the state or to any officer or employee of the state or of any subdivisions thereof of the state. The property of the authority shall be is exempt from all local and municipal taxes. Bonds, notes, debentures and other evidence of indebtedness of the authority are declared to be issued for a public purpose and to be public instrumentalities and, together with interest thereon, shall be are exempt from taxes.

§13. County court commission authorized to convey properties and facilities to authority.

    The court of the county of Braxton County Commission is hereby authorized to convey to the newly created authority property owned by the county of Braxton County, together with all the appurtenances and facilities therewith, such the conveyance to be without consideration or for such a price and upon such with terms and conditions as the court of the county of Braxton shall deem Braxton County Commission considers proper.

§14. Property and facilities may be leased to the court of the county of Braxton County Commission, the Braxton County Board of Education of Braxton county or others.

    The authority may lease the property on which such the camp or camps and facilities are situated, in whole or in part, and all the appurtenances and facilities therewith, to the court of the county of Braxton County Commission, to said the Braxton County Board of Education of Braxton county or to any other available lessee or lessees at such rental and upon such terms and conditions as the authority shall deem considers proper. If the authority determines to lease the property and its appurtenances and facilities, as a whole, it shall first offer the same to the County court of the county of Braxton County Commission upon an annual lease and it ahall may not lease said the property and its appurtenances and facilities as a whole to any other lessee until the County court of the county of Braxton County Commission has notified the authority that it does not desire to lease said properties, which notice shall be given within thirty days after notice by the authority of a desire on its part to lease the property as a whole. The county court of the county of Braxton County Commission is hereby authorized to enter into a lease with the authority for said the property and appurtenances and facilities at such rental and upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem considers proper, and the county court of the county of Braxton County Commission is hereby authorized to may levy taxes as provided by law for the purpose of paying the rent for said the property, appurtenances and facilities. The authority, however, may lease one or more portions of its property without first offering the same to the county court of the county of Braxton Such County Commission. The lease shall be for some purpose associated with recreational or other related activities.

§15. Disposition of surplus of authority.

    If the authority should realize a surplus, whether from operating the property or leasing it for operation, over and above the amount required for the maintenance, improvement and operation thereof and for meeting all required payments on its obligations, is shall set aside such a reserve for future operations, improvements and contingencies as it shall deem considers proper and shall then apply the residue of such the surplus, if any, to the payment of any recognized and established obligations not then due; and after all such its recognized and established obligations have been paid off and discharged in full, the authority shall, at the end of each fiscal year, set aside the reserve for future operations, improvements and contingencies, as aforesaid, and then pay the residue of such the surplus, if any, to the county court of the county of Braxton County Commission to be used by said the county court commission for general county purposes. or to the Board of Education of Braxton county for educational purposes as the authority may deem proper.

§16. Contributions; funds and accounts; publication of annual report.

    Contributions may be made to the authority from time to time by the county court of the county of Braxton County Commission, the Braxton County Board of Education of Braxton county, the federal government, and by any persons, firms or corporations that shall desire to do so. All such those funds and all other funds received by the authority shall be deposited in such a bank or banks as the authority may direct directs and shall be withdrawn therefrom in such manner as the authority may direct directs. The authority shall keep strict account of all its receipts and expenditures and shall each quarter make a report to the Board of Education of the county of Braxton County Commission containing an itemized account of its receipts and disbursements during the preceding quarter. Such The report shall be made within sixty thirty days after the termination of the quarter. Within sixty thirty days after the end of the fiscal year, the authority shall make an annual report containing an itemized statement of its receipts and disbursements for the preceding year and such the annual report shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in two newspapers or opposite politics published in Braxton County, West Virginia, if there be are two such papers, or otherwise in any newspaper of general circulation in said the county. The books, records and accounts of the authority shall be are subject to audit and examination by the office of the state tax commissioner of West Virginia State Auditor, acting as the Chief Inspector and by any other proper public official or body in the manner provided by law.

§17. Employees to be covered by workermen’s workers’ compensation.

    All employees of the authority eligible thereunder shall be deemed to be within the workmen’s compensation act of West Virginia and premiums shall be paid by the authority to the workmen’s compensation fund as required by law. The authority is an employer subject to the requirements of chapter twenty-three of the Code of West Virginia.

§18. Dissolution of authority.

    The authority may at any time pay off and discharge in full all of its indebtedness, obligations and liabilities, convey its properties, appurtenances and facilities to the Board of Education of the county of Braxton County Commission and be dissolved. Before making such conveyance of its properties, the authority shall first publish notice of its intention so to do and of its intention to be dissovled, once a week for four successive weeks in two newspapers of opposite politcs published in, and of general circulation in Braxton County, West Virginia, if there be are two such papers, or otherwise in any newspaper of general circulation in said the county. Certificates from the publishers shall be filed with the Board of Education of the county of Braxton County Commission on or before the deed conveying said the properties is delivered. Any funds remaining in the hands of the authority at the time of the conveyance of said the properties shall be by the authority paid over to the Board of Education of the county of Braxton County Commission to be used by it for purposes in connection with said the properties. Upon the payment of its indebtedness, obligations and liabilities, the publishing of the notices aforesaid, the conveyance of its properties and the paying over to the Board of Education of the county of Braxton County Commission of any funds remaining in its hands, the authority shall cause a certificate showing its dissolution to be executed under its name and seal and to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the court of Braxton County Commission and thereupon its dissolution shall be complete.

§19. Construction of act; additional powers of board of education and county court commission.

    It is the purpose of this act to provide for the acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, maintenance and operation of a camp or camps and recreational facilities and appurtenant facilities in a prudent and economical manner. and This act shall be liberally construed as giving to the authority full and complete power reasonably required to give effect to the its purposes. thereof The provisions of this act are in addition to and not in derogation of any power existing in the Braxton County Board of Education and the court of the county of Braxton County Commission under any constitutional or statutory provisions which they may now have, or may hereafter acquire.

§20. Provisions severable.

    The several sections and provisions of this act are severable, and if any section or provision hereof shall be of this act is held unconstitutional, all the remaining sections and provisions of this act shall nevertheless remain valid.


    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to modify the membership of the Braxton County Recreational Development Authority and to require the approval of the Braxton County Commission and the Braxton County Board of Education on land transactions conducted by the authority.


    Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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