2021 Regular Session (West Virginia Session Laws)

AN ACT to amend and reenact 5A-6-2, 5A-6-3, 5A-6-4, 5A-6-4b, 5A-6-4c, 5A-6-5, 5A-6-6, 5A-6-7, and 5A-6-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to the Office of Technology; renaming the Chief Technology Officer; updating definitions; updating authority of the Chief Technology Officer; continuing special fund; providing an information technology governance...

AN ACT to amend and reenact 7-11B-3, 7-11B-7, 7-11B-9, 7-11B-10, 7-11B-18, and 7-11B-22 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to property tax increment financing districts; authorizing payment in lieu of tax agreements for property located within property tax increment financing districts; authorizing a county commission or municipality to extend the...

AN ACT to amend and reenact 64-3-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating generally to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules; authorizing the rules as filed and as modified by the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a...

AN ACT to amend and reenact 15-1J-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to permitting the use of established federal or state contracts

AN ACT to amend and reenact 18-8-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing a county board of education to provide electronic notice of school attendance and satisfactory progress to the Division of Motor Vehicles in lieu of requiring each student to provide a paper notice

AN ACT to amend and reenact 17C-1-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact 17C-15-26 of said code, all relating to emergency management and operations vehicles operated by airports; allowing such vehicles to be equipped with and use red flashing warning lights; authorizing airport director and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to...

AN ACT to repeal 18-2-5d, 18-2-13b, 18-2-24, 18-2-29, and 18-2-35 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to repeal 18-2E-4a of said code; to repeal 18-3-9b of said code; to repeal 18-4-12 of said code; to repeal 18-5-18e, and 18-5-43 of said code; to repeal 18-7A-36 of said code; to repeal 18-9A-8a of said code; to repeal 18-9B-11a of said code; to repeal 18-10H-4 of...

AN ACT to amend and reenact 29-22C-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to changing date the annual racetrack table games license renewal fee is due to October 1 annually; and making technical corrections

AN ACT making a supplementary appropriation of federal funds out of the Treasury from the balance of federal moneys remaining unappropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, by decreasing an existing item and adding a new item of appropriation to the Department of Revenue, Insurance Commissioner, fund 8883, fiscal year 2021, organization 0704, by supplementing and amending the...

AN ACT to amend and reenact 30-18-9 and 30-18-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to extending the licensure renewal term of a private investigator, security guard, and private investigator or security guard firms from one to two years

AN ACT to amend and reenact 61-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to definitions of dangerous weapons; defining "antique firearm"; and redefining "firearm" so as not to be more restrictive than the federal definition

AN ACT to amend and reenact 33-41-8 and 33-41-8a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to the consolidation of the positions of the Inspector General of the former Workers' Compensation Commission's Fraud and Abuse Unit and the position of Director of the Insurance Fraud Unit

AN ACT to amend and reenact 21-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated 21-5I-1, 21-5I-2, 21-5I-3, 21-5I-4, 21-5I-5, and 21-5I-6; to amend and reenact 21A-1A-16 of said code; and to amend and reenact 23-2-1a of said code, all relating generally to creating the West Virginia Employment Law Worker...

AN ACT to amend and reenact 49-1-206 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact 49-4-725 of said code, all relating to the juvenile restorative justice programs; defining the term "restorative justice program"; authorizing a court or prosecuting attorney to offer a juvenile, against whom a petition has been filed alleging that the juvenile has...

AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended by adding thereto five new sections, designated 48-1-239a, 48-1-239b, 48-1-241a, 48-1-241b, and 48-9-105; to amend and reenact 48-1-220, 48-1-239, 48-9-102, 48-9-203, 48-9-204, 48-9-206, 48-9-207, 48-9-209, 48-9-301, 48-9-403, 48-9-601, 48-9-603 of said code, all relating to domestic relations and child custody...

AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated 8-12-23, relating to placing limitations on the authority of municipalities, political subdivisions, and local governing bodies generally; forbidding a municipality, political subdivision, or a local governing body to enact any code, ordinance, or land use regulation that would...

AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated 18A-2-15, relating to authorizing recruitment and training programs for prospective bus operators; providing required approval, limitations and elements of locally funded recruitment and training programs; establishing no entitlement to employment upon completion of the program;

AN ACT to amend and reenact 31A-8G-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing the Division of Financial Institutions enter into agreements with state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies to allow persons who make an innovative financial product or service available in West Virginia, under the program available under the West Virginia FinTech...

AN ACT to amend and reenact 5-16-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact 33-51-2, 33-51-3, 33-51-8, and 33-51-9 of said code; and to amend said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated 33-51-11 and 33-51-12, all relating to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers; updating the reporting requirements related Public Employees Insurance

AN ACT making a supplementary appropriation of public monies out of the Treasury from the balance of monies remaining unappropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, to the Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Environmental Protection - Oil and Gas Reclamation Fund, fund 3322, fiscal year 2021, organization 0313, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the...

AN ACT to amend and reenact 9-3-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the program for drug screening of applicants for cash assistance; and providing extension of time frame for program

AN ACT to amend and reenact 53-4A-1 of the West Virginia Code, 1931, as amended, relating to clarifying when a contention is adjudicated; defining forensic scientific evidence; and providing that no additional liabilities are created

AN ACT supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Homeland Security, Division of Emergency Management, fund 0443, fiscal year 2021, organization 0606, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending...

AN ACT to amend and reenact 64-12-1, 64-12-2, 64-12-3, and 64-12-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating generally to repealing certain legislative, procedural, and interpretative rules promulgated by certain agencies, boards, and commissions which are no longer authorized or are obsolete; authorizing certain agencies under the Department of Administration,...

AN ACT to repeal 27-6A-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact 27-6A-1, 27-6A-2, 27-6A-3, 27-6A-4, 27-6A-5, 27-6A-6, 27-6A-8, and 27-6A-10 of said code; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated 27-6A-13, all relating generally to criminal competency and criminal responsibility of persons charged with, or found not guilty...

AN ACT to repeal 21-3D-4, 21-3D-5, 21-3D-6, 21-3D-7, and 21-3D-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated 21-3C-14; to amend and reenact 21-3D-1, 21-3D-2, 21-3D-3, and 21-3D-8 of said code; to amend and reenact 21-14-2 and 21-14-7 of said code; to amend and reenact 21-16-2, 21-16-3, 21-16-5, and 21-16-8 of...

AN ACT to amend and reenact 64-10-1 et seq. of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating generally to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules; authorizing the rules as filed, as modified, and as amended by the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and as amended by the Legislature; authorizing the Department of...

AN ACT to amend and reenact 5-16-7b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated 9-5-28; to amend and reenact 30-1-26 of said code; to amend and reenact 30-3-13a of said code; to amend and reenact 30-14-12d of said code; and to amend and reenact 33-57-1 of said code, all relating to telehealth; defining terms;...

AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated 24-1-1c; and to amend said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated 24-2-1q and 24-2-21, all relating to the Public Service Commission; making legislative findings; requiring that all public electric utilities maintain a contract for a 30-day aggregate fuel supply for

AN ACT supplementing, amending, and increasing items of existing appropriation from the State Road Fund to the Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles, fund 9007, fiscal year 2021, organization 0802, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021