ENROLLED
H. B. 2221
(By Delegate Kiss, Browning, Leach, Gallagher, Farris, Compton
and Tomblin)
[Passed January 27, 1995; in effect from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact section eleven, article two, chapter
sixty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, authorizing the alcohol
beverage control commission to purchase specified property
for a warehouse.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eleven, article two, chapter sixty of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL COMMISSIONER.
§60-2-11. Powers and duties.
The alcohol beverage control commissioner shall have the
following powers and duties and any and all other powers and duties
reasonably necessary and convenient for the purpose of this
chapter:
(1) Exercise general supervision of, and make rules and
regulations for, the management of his or her department;
(2) Sign and execute in the name of the commissioner any
contract or agreement authorized by this chapter;
(3) Supervise the fiscal affairs and responsibilities of the
department;
(4) With the approval of the governor, acquire title to and
purchase real estate containing 12.168 acres situate on River Road
in the Hub Industrial Park, Nitro, in Putnam County, West Virginia,
which real estate is improved by block and steel building
containing approximately one hundred fifty thousand (150,000)
square feet, formerly known as the Heck's warehouse, for a sale
price not to exceed two million, two hundred fifty thousand dollars
($2,250,000.00);
(5) Keep a complete and accurate record of all proceedings,
record and file all bonds and contracts taken or entered into, and
assume responsibility for the custody and preservation of all
papers and documents pertaining to the commissioner;
(6) Purchase or lease as provided by law all equipment
necessary for the conduct of the department;
(7) Report to the governor each year all information relative
to the operation and functions of the department. The commissioner
shall make such other reports and recommendations as may be
required by the governor;
(8) Exercise any other power that may be necessary or proper
for the orderly conduct of the business and the effective discharge
of the duties of the commissioner; and
(9) Invoke any legal or equitable remedies for the enforcement
of the orders of the commissioner or the provisions of this
chapter.