H. B. 2664
(By Delegates Flanigan, Frederick and Beach )
[Introduced March 21, 1997; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
nineteen-b, relating to providing the West Virginia
parkways, economic development and tourism authority
additional powers related to constructing industrial sites
along its corridor with at least one such industrial site
containing a facility designed to engage in processing wood
or in the manufacture of products from wood.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
nineteen-b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 16A. WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
TOURISM AUTHORITY.
§17-16A-19b. Additional powers of commission; development of
industrial sites.
In addition to all powers granted by the foregoing sections of
this article, the authority may construct industrial sites along
its corridor, including site preparation, road access and shell
buildings. The authority shall coordinate these activities with
the state and local economic development authorities, the
department of transportation and other appropriate entities to
prevent duplication of efforts and to facilitate securing grants
and other sources of revenue to develop these sites. At least
one of these sites shall provide facilities for operation of one
or more businesses that will engage in processing wood or in the
manufacturing of products from wood.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the West
Virginia Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority to
construct industrial sites along its corridor with at least one
such site to contain a facility designed to engage in processing
wood or in the manufacture of products from wood.
§17-16A-19b is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.