Senate Bill No. 10
(By Senators Ross, Sharpe, Minear, Facemyer, Love, Unger,
Caldwell, Fanning, Rowe, Smith and Hunter)
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[Introduced January 14, 2004; referred to the Committee on
Transportation.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §17-2C-6 of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to extending the time period for
the study of the state system of orphan roads and bridges.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §17-2C-6
of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2C. ORPHAN ROAD AND BRIDGE ACQUISITION PROGRAM.
§17-2C-6. Termination of orphan roads and bridges program; report
to the Legislature.
The orphan roads and bridges acquisition and maintenance
program established pursuant to this article will terminate on the
thirty-first day of December, two thousand
one six.
On or before the thirtieth day of January,
one thousand nine
hundred ninety-nine two thousand five, and annually thereafter, the
commissioner of the division of highways shall submit a report to
the Legislature which recounts the activities of the program and the roads and bridges which have been accepted into the state
maintenance system. The report shall include a breakdown by county
of those roads and bridges being maintained, the estimated costs
associated with maintenance and any other information the
commissioner deems necessary. Before the thirtieth day of January,
two thousand
two five, the commissioner shall also submit proposed
legislation formulating a policy for the designation and acceptance
into the state system of orphan roads and bridges in the future.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to extend the time period
for the study of the state system of orphan roads and bridges to
December 31, 2006.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.)