H. B. 2706


(By Delegate Henderson)
[Introduced February 24, 1995; referred to the
Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
then Finance.]



A BILL to amend and reenact section seventeen-c, article one, chapter five-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to providing for West Virginia residents to receive a fifty percent discount for up to two weeks a year on campground rental fees from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seventeen-c, article one, chapter five-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF TOURISM AND PARKS.
§5B-1-17c. Discounts for West Virginia residents who are totally
and permanently disabled.

The commissioner shall issue a discount card to West Virginia residents who are totally and permanently disabled which would provide a fifty percent reduction in campground rental fees for each campsite to be used exclusively by the eligible camper: Provided, That in order to be eligible for the reduction, that person shall document that he or she is a resident of this state and that he or she has a total and permanent disability. The commissioner shall promulgate rules in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine of this code setting forth the documentation which is necessary to prove residency and total and permanent disability: Provided, however, That the fifty percent reduction in campground rental fees applies only to those rentals occurring during the period of time beginning on the day after Labor Day and ending four days prior to Memorial Day for up to two weeks per year during the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that any permanently and totally disabled West Virginia resident may receive a fifty percent discount for up to two weeks per year on campground rental fees from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

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