ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 4355
(By Browning, Moore, Ellis, Kominar
White and Burdiss)
[Passed March 5, 2008; in effect from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §20-14-8 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to allowing the Hatfield-McCoy
Regional Recreation Authority to retain civil penalties
imposed for violation of authority rules, for the benefit of
the Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §20-14-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 14. HATFIELD-MCCOY REGIONAL RECREATION AUTHORITY.
§20-14-8. Violation of rules, criminal and civil penalties; use of
funds.
(a) Any person who violates any of the rules promulgated by
the board pursuant to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred
dollars for each offense.
(b) Any person who violates any of the rules promulgated by
the board pursuant of this article relating to permits or failure
to purchase a permit, safety violations or other civil violations
is subject to a civil penalty of one hundred dollars. Authority
rangers shall issue citations for civil violations.
(c) All civil penalties for civil violations received pursuant
to this section shall be remitted to the Hatfield-McCoy Regional
Recreation Authority for use by the board in is discretion for the
benefit of the Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area. Effective July 1,
2008, the special revenue fund known as the Hatfield-McCoy
Recreation Fund shall be terminated, and any and all funds
remaining in the fund shall be transferred from the fund and
remitted to the Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Authority for
use by the Board in its discretion for the benefit of the Hatfield-
McCoy Recreation Area.
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