ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 738
(Senators Chafin, Caruth, Guills and Fanning, original sponsors)
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[Passed March 10, 2007; in effect from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §17-16A-6a, relating
to the West Virginia Parkways, Economic Development and
Tourism Authority; requiring the authority to report a
proposed toll or a toll revision to the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance; and requiring the Legislature to vote
on the proposed toll or a toll revision.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-16A-6a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 16A. WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
TOURISM AUTHORITY.
§17-16A-6a. Requirements for a proposed toll or a revision to a
toll.
(a) Prior to the adoption of a new toll or a revision to an existing toll on any parkway project, the parkways authority shall
report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance the need
for the toll, including any supporting documentation and any
information requested by the Joint Committee on Government and
Finance.
(b) If, after the report by the parkways authority to the
Joint Committee on Government and Finance, the parkways authority
proposes a new toll or a revision to an existing toll, then the
question of the adoption of a new toll or a revision to an existing
toll shall be put before the Legislature and approval of a new toll
or a revision to an existing toll by an affirmative vote of the
Legislature is required prior to the implementation of a new toll
or a revision to an existing toll.
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