Senate Bill No. 13
(By Senators Dittmar, Anderson and Whitlow)
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[Introduced January 12, 1995; referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article one, chapter five-b of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section
seventeen-a, relating to the division of parks and
recreation; authorizing the director to waive the fee for
use of picnic shelters or cabins in a state recreation area
for an individual or group donating materials and/or labor
for the construction of the shelter or cabin; and limiting
the waiver to not exceed the value of materials and/or labor
donated.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter five-b of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
seventeen-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
§5B-1-17a. Free use of picnic shelters and cabins in state
recreation areas.
The director of the division of parks and recreation may
waive the use fee normally charged to an individual or group for
one day's use of a picnic shelter or one week's use of a cabin in
a state recreation area when the individual or group donates the
materials and labor for the construction of such picnic shelter
or cabin: Provided, That the individual or group was authorized
by the director to construct the picnic shelter or cabin and that
it was constructed in accordance with the authorization granted
and the standards and requirements of the division pertaining to
such construction.
The individual or group to whom the waiver is granted may
use the picnic shelter for one reserved day or the cabin for one
reserved week during each calendar year until the amount of the
donation equals the amount of the loss of revenue from the waiver
or until the individual dies or the group ceases to exist,
whichever occurs first. The waiver is not transferable.
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(NOTE: This bill allows an individual or group donating the
materials and labor to construct a picnic shelter, one day's free
use of it, or to construct a cabin, one week's free use of it,
upon grant of waiver of the normal use fee by the director of the
division of parks and recreation.)
NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
The Committee on Natural Resources moved to amend the bill on page ___, section seventeen-a, line ___, by striking out the
words "parks and recreation" and inserting in lieu thereof the
words "natural resources";
On page___, section seventeen-a, line ___, by striking out
the word "and" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "or";
And,
On page___, by striking out the title and substituting
therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Senate Bill No. 13--A Bill to amend article one, chapter
five-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section,
designated section seventeen-a, relating to the division of
natural resources; authorizing the director to waive the fee for
use of picnic shelters or cabins in a state recreation area for
an individual or group donating materials or labor for the
construction of the shelter or cabin; and limiting the waiver to
not exceed the value of materials and labor donated.