H. B. 3024


(By Delegate H.K. White)

[Introduced March 14, 2005 ; referred to the

Committee on Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary.]





A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated as §24F-1-7, relating to prohibiting political subdivisions from selling memorials, monuments or markers except those for which a regulatory agency has established a price therefor.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §24F-1-7, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. VETERANS' GRAVE MARKERS.
§24F-1-7. Prohibiting political subdivisions from selling certain memorials, markers and monuments.

No political subdivision of the state may sell in competition with privately owned enterprises any memorials, markers or monuments except those for which a regulatory agency of the state has approved and established a price therefor.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit political subdivisions from selling certain memorials, markers or monuments in competition with privately owned enterprises.

This section is new; therefore strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.