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 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.
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 natural resources 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 or 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.