WEST virginia Legislature
2016 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4699
By Delegates Fast, Howell, Butler, Walters, Cadle, Foster, Lynch, Boggs, Guthrie, Trecost and Shaffer
[Introduced February 23,
2016; Referred
to the Committee on Government Organization.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia,1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-13A-9b, relating to public service districts; laying of water or sewer lines on state rights-of-way; limitation on required supervision by a state engineer.
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 §16-13A-9b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 13A. PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICTS.
§16-13A-9b. Supervision of laying of lines on state rights-of-way limited.
When a public service district lays water or sewer lines on state rights-of-way, the state may require a state engineer to inspect the project at its commencement, periodically and at its conclusion. The state may not require a public service district to have an on-site state engineer for the entire time the project is under construction.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to not allow the state to require a public service district to have a state engineer on site during the entire construction period of projects on state rights-of-way.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.