Senate Bill No. 113
(By Senator Rowe)
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[Introduced January 14, 2004; referred to the Committee on
Government Organization.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §8-25-10 of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to cooperation and collaboration
between regional councils and agencies of government in
planning and development; enhancing planning and development
along highway corridors within the state; and allowing
regional councils to share staff with other regional councils
or agencies of government pursuant to mutual agreement in
order to collaborate with one another and to coordinate
activities to enhance and coordinate planning and development
in regions of the state and along highway corridors of the
state.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §8-25-10
of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 25. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS -- REGIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
§8-25-10. Cooperation of regional council and other planning or
development agencies, governmental units and
officials.
(a) To effectuate the purposes of this article, regional
councils shall cooperate
and collaborate and may share staff
pursuant to agreements by the parties, with
each other and with
planning agencies or development agencies within the region or
within other regions, with the governing bodies and administrative
officials of any municipality, county or any other political
subdivision
in order to coordinate or collaborate in planning and
development for the cooperating counties and further to enhance and
coordinate planning and development along the highway corridors of
the state. including those
(b) Regional councils shall cooperate and collaborate with
similar councils and entities in other states, or with any other
entity, private or public, whose interests are in harmony with the
purposes of this article, in order to coordinate and harmonize
planning and development for the cooperating units
and, further to
enhance and coordinate planning and development along the highway
corridors of this state.
(c) All state departments and agencies shall cooperate with
regional councils established under this article and shall make
available for the studies conducted by
such the councils, reports, data and other informational and technical assistance within
financial and personnel limitations.
(d) Each regional council may appoint such committees
or
members to joint committees and may adopt
such rules
and
regulations as may be proper to effect such coordination and
integration.
(e) The governing bodies and administrative officials of
municipalities, counties and other political subdivisions within
this state are hereby empowered and authorized to cooperate
and
collaborate and may share staff as may be agreed to with
such
planning and development agencies and with the governing bodies and
administrative officials of
state agencies and political
subdivisions and planning and development agencies
of this state,
and to cooperate with similar agencies and bodies in other states
for the purpose of
such coordination,
collaboration and integration
in accordance with the provisions of this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to cause regional planning
councils and agencies of government to cooperate and collaborate
with one another in planning and development. It would allow
regional councils to share staff with other regional councils and
agencies of government by mutual agreement in order to collaborate
with one another and to coordinate activities for planning and
development and further to enhance and coordinate planning and
development along highway corridors in the state.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.