West Virginia Code 7-27-12 – Order adopting road construction project plan or plan amendment
Upon approval of a road construction project plan or an amendment to an existing project plan by the Commissioner of Highways, and approval of the voters in the referendum provided in section nine of this article, the county commission shall enter an order that:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 7-27-12
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Commissioner of Highways: means the chief executive officer of the Division of Highways of the Department of Transportation provided in section one, article two-a, chapter . See West Virginia Code 7-27-3
- County transportation sales tax: means the sales tax imposed by a county commission pursuant to this article. See West Virginia Code 7-27-3
- County transportation use tax: means the use tax imposed by a county commission pursuant to this article. See West Virginia Code 7-27-3
- Road: means a public highway, road, bridge, tunnel, or overpass to be used for the transportation of persons or goods including bicycle and pedestrian facilities. See West Virginia Code 7-27-3
- Road construction project: means and includes any road construction project included in a road construction project plan that is adopted by a county commission pursuant to this article and approved by the Commissioner of Highways as provided in this article. See West Virginia Code 7-27-3
(1) Describes each approved road construction project sufficiently to identify with ordinary and reasonable certainty the geographic location in the county of each road construction project included in the county’s plan;
(2) Identifies the road construction project plan by the name assigned by the Commissioner of Highways, and identifies each project within the road construction project plan by the project number assigned by the Commissioner of Highways; and
(3) Establishes a county transportation sales tax and a county transportation use tax as provided in this article at rates not to exceed one percent: Provided, That the rate of the sales tax and the rate of the use tax shall at all times be identical.