Senate Bill No. 324
(By Senators Chafin and Caruth)
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[Introduced January 23 2008; referred to the Committee on
Government Organization.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §5A-4-5 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to the regulation of parking for
state office buildings in Charleston.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5A-4-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION.
§5A-4-5. Regulation of parking on state-owned or -leased property
in Charleston; construction of parking garage for
general public; penalties; jurisdiction; creation of
funds.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a parking
facility for the general public and to direct the Secretary of the
Department of Administration to plan and construct a parking garage
at the State Capitol Complex that will provide sufficient and
additional parking for the general public.
(b) The secretary may regulate the parking of motor vehicles in accordance with the provisions of this section with regard to
the following state-owned property in the city of Charleston,
Kanawha County:
(1) The east side of Greenbrier Street between Kanawha
Boulevard and Washington Street, East;
(2) The west side of California Avenue between Kanawha
Boulevard and Washington Street, East;
(3) Upon the state-owned or -leased grounds upon which state
office buildings number one (1) through twenty (20) and the Laidley
Field complex are located; and
(4) Upon any other property now or hereafter owned or leased
by the state or any of its agencies and used for parking purposes
in conjunction with the State Capitol or any state office
buildings.
(c) The secretary shall propose rules for promulgation
respecting parking and to allocate parking spaces to public
officers and employees of the state upon all of the property set
forth in subsection (a) of this section:
Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, during
sessions of the Legislature, including regular, extended,
extraordinary and interim sessions,
and any other times designated
by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the President of the
Senate, parking on the east side of Greenbrier Street between
Kanawha Boulevard and Washington Street, East, in the Science and
Culture Center parking lot, on the north side of Kanawha Boulevard
between Greenbrier Street and California Avenue and on the west side of California Avenue between Kanawha Boulevard and Washington
Street, East,
is and any other areas designated by the Speaker of
the House of Delegates and the President of the Senate are subject
to
rules promulgated jointly policies established by the Speaker of
the House of Delegates and the President of the Senate. Any person
parking any vehicle contrary to the rules
or policies promulgated
under authority of this subsection is subject to a fine of not less
than one dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense.
In addition, the secretary or the Legislature, as the case may be,
may cause the removal, immobilization or other remedy considered
necessary, at owner expense, of any vehicle that is parked in
violation of the rules
or policies. Magistrates in Kanawha County
have jurisdiction of all the offenses.
(d) The secretary may employ the persons as may be necessary
to enforce the parking rules promulgated under the provisions of
this section.
(e) There is created in the Department of Administration a
special fund to be named the "Parking Garage Fund" in which shall
be deposited funds that are appropriated and funds from other
sources to be used for the construction and maintenance of a
parking garage on the State Capitol Complex.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill
relates to
the regulating of
parking for state office buildings in Charleston.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.