COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 579
(By Senator Caruth)
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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;
reported February 15, 2008.]
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A BILL to authorize the governing body of the city of Bluefield to
appoint two additional nonresident members to the Bluefield
Sanitary Board.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
BLUEFIELD SANITARY BOARD.
§1. Legislative findings.
(a) The Legislature finds that:
(1) The city of Bluefield is in a unique situation in that the
state line separates the city from the town of Bluefield, Virginia;
(2) The sanitary sewer system serves both the city of
Bluefield, West Virginia, and the town of Bluefield, Virginia;
(3) Part of the sanitary sewer system serving the city of
Bluefield, West Virginia, and the town of Bluefield, Virginia, is
located in the town of Bluefield, Virginia;
(4) The sanitary board that supervises and controls the sanitary sewer system serving the city of Bluefield, West Virginia
and the town of Bluefield, Virginia, was organized by the city of
Bluefield, West Virginia, that the two appointed board members are
residents of the city of Bluefield, West Virginia; and
(5) Residents of the town of Bluefield, Virginia, have no
representation in the decisions concerning the sanitary sewer
system affecting their town.
(b) Therefore, the Legislature declares that since the city of
Bluefield is in a unique situation, it is in the public interest
that the governing body of the city of Bluefield, West Virginia, be
authorized to confirm and appoint two additional nonresident
members from the town of Bluefield, Virginia, to the Bluefield
Sanitary Board.
§2. Authorizing appointment of nonresident board members.
(a) The governing body of the city of Bluefield is hereby
authorized to appoint two additional nonresident members to the
Bluefield Sanitary Board.
(b) The two additional nonresident members shall be residents
of the town of Bluefield, Virginia.
(c) The governing body of the city of Bluefield shall make and
confirm the appointments and the said two additional nonresident
members shall serve in accordance with the provisions of section
eightee, article thirteen, chapter sixteen of the Code of West
Virginia.
(d) Upon the appointment and confirmation of the said two
additional nonresident members, the Bluefield Sanitary Board shall be comprised of the following:
(1) Two residents of the city of Bluefield, West Virginia;
(2) Two residents of the town of Bluefield, Virginia; and
(3) The mayor or city manager of the city of Bluefield, West
Virginia.