SB 1003 — Relating generally to WV Parkways Authority
Last action — Chapter 5, Acts, 1st Extraordinary Session, 2017
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The recently passed SB 1003 makes several key changes to the regulations surrounding the West Virginia Parkways Authority. Notably, it adds the authority to study and potentially implement a new single fee program for motor vehicle registration, along with the ability to enter into agreements for toll enforcement. The bill also clarifies that tolls cannot be charged on existing roads without explicit legislative approval. These changes aim to streamline funding for parkway maintenance and upgrades, which could enhance transportation infrastructure in the state.
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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia Legislature FIRST extraordinary session EngrossedEnrolled Senate Bill 1003 By Senators Carmichael (Mr.
President) and Prezioso [By Request of the Executive] [Introduced[Passed MayJune 4,16, 2017]2017; A BILL to repeal §17-16A-18a, §17-16A-23 and §17-16A-30 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended;
toin amendeffect andfrom reenactpassage] §17-16A-1, §17-16A-5, §17-16A-6, §17-16A-10,AN §ACT 17-16A-11,to §17-16A-13,repeal §17-16A-13a,§17-16A-18a §17-16A-18,and §17-16A-21,§17-16A-23 §17-16A-22of andthe §17-16A-29Code of saidWest code;Virginia, 1931, as amended;
to amend and reenact §17-16A-5, §17-16A-6, §17-16A-10, §17-16A-11, §17-16A-13, §17-16A-13a, §17-16A-18, §17-16A-21, §17-16A-22, §17-16A-29 and §17-16A-30 of said code;
addingenlarging, restricting and otherwise modifying the powerpowers of the authorityParkways toAuthority study,relating investigateto andthe evaluate,issuance and,of ifparkways feasible,bonds develop and implementthe aauthority singleto feecharge program;tolls or fees;
permitting the authority to study and evaluate, and, if feasible, develop and implement a single fee program;
addingpermitting the power of the authority to imposeimpose, in connection with any single fee programprogram, a flat fee in connection with any or all certificates of passenger motor vehicle registration and renewal thereof by the Division of Motor Vehicles;
clarifying that Parkways Authority may not charge tolls on certain existing roads absent express legislative authorization;
providing for the use of proceeds of fee collections;
requiring thatthe priorityexpenditure considerationof bethe givenaccount’s tofunds for construction, maintenance and repair of public highways and bridges in certain counties within the statestate; when determining expenditures from the State Road Construction Account;
establishing alimitations formulaon for the maximumamounts of the single annual fee that may be charged;
eliminatingmodifying approval byrequired county commissions and establishment by Governor of localcertain committeescounty commissions prior to approval of any parkway project;
authorizingmodifying therequirements Divisionfor reports of Motorlocal Vehiclescommittees toand actresolutions asof collectionapproval agentby forcounty thecommissions; authority under any single fee program;
authorizing the Division of Motor Vehicles to enter into agreements with the authority to collect and remit certain fees;
and creating a misdemeanor offense.offense and providing for criminal penalties.
That §17-16A-18a,§17-16A-18a §17-16A-23 and §17-16A-30§17-16A-23 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed;
that §17-16A-1, §17-16A-5, §17-16A-6, §17-16A-10, §17-16A-11, §17-16A-13, §17-16A-13a, §17-16A-18, §17-16A-21, §17-16A-22§17-16A-22, §17-16A-29 and §17-16A-29§17-16A-30 of said code be amended and reenacted;
§17-16A-1.
Constructing, operating, financing, etc., parkway, economic development and tourism projects.
In order to remove the present handicaps and hazards on the congested highways and roads in the State of West Virginia, to facilitate vehicular traffic throughout the state, to promote and enhance the tourism industry and to develop and improve tourist facilities and attractions in the state, to promote the agricultural, economic and industrial development of the state and to provide for the construction of modern express highways, including center divisions, ample shoulder widths, long-sight distances, the bypassing of cities, multiple lanes in each direction and grade separations at all intersections with other highways and railroads, to provide for the development, construction, improvement and enhancement of state parks, tourist facilities and attractions and to provide for the improvement and enhancement of state parks presently existing, the West Virginia Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority (hereinafter created and subsequently renamed the West Virginia Parkways Authority), is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, repair, and operate and finance parkway projects, economic development projects and tourism projects (as those terms are hereinafter defined in section five of this article) at such locations as shall be approved by the state Department of Transportation.
(e) “Feeder roads” means any road serving communitycommunity-to-community to community travel or collects and feeds traffic to an expressway or turnpike.
(j) “Parkway project” means any expressway, turnpike, bridge, tunnel, trunk line, feeder road, state local service road or park and forest road, or any portion or portions of any expressway, turnpike, trunk line, feeder road, state local service road or park and forest road, whether contiguous or noncontiguous to the West Virginia Turnpike or to any such portion or portions thereof, which the Parkways Authority or the Department of Transportation may acquire, construct, reconstruct, maintain, operate, improve, or repair or finance under the provisions of this article, which shall include for all purposes of this article, any acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, operation, improvement, or repair or financing that the authority may undertake by agreement with the Department of Transportation, or any expressway, turnpike or other road constructed by the West Virginia Turnpike Commission pursuant to the authority granted to it under the laws of this state prior to June 1, 1989, and shall embrace all bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, toll houses, service stations and administration, storage and other buildings, which the Parkways Authority or the Department of Transportation may deem necessary for the operation of the a parkway project, or which is used in the operation of a parkway project, constructed prior to June 1, 1989 together with all property, rights, easements and interests which may be acquired by the Parkways Authority or the Department of Transportation for the construction or the operation of the a parkway project or which were acquired in connection with or are used in the operation of a the turnpike or any other existing parkway project.project. A parkway project shall also include any enhancements or improvements to the turnpike or any parkway project, including, without limitation, projects involving lane widening, resurfacing, surface replacement, bridge replacement, bridge improvements and enhancements, other bridge work, drainage system improvements and enhancements, drainage system replacements, safety improvements and enhancements, and traffic flow improvements and enhancements, which have been recommended by the authority’s or the Department of Transportation’s consulting engineers or traffic engineers, or both.
constructed prior to June 1, 1989 A parkway project shall also include any enhancements or improvements to the turnpike or any parkway project, including, without limitation, projects involving lane widening, resurfacing, surface replacement, bridge replacement, bridge improvements and enhancements, other bridge work, drainage system improvements and enhancements, drainage system replacements, safety improvements and enhancements, and traffic flow improvements and enhancements, which have been recommended by the authority’s or the Department of Transportation’s consulting engineers or traffic engineers, or both.
(l) “State“Public Roadmeeting” Fund” means thea Statemeeting Roaddesigned Fundto createdsolicit ininput articleand three,provide chapterinformation seventeensufficient to allow the public to understand the scope and the costs of thisa code.particular project.
(l) (m) “Transportation“State secretary”Road Fund” means the SecretaryState ofRoad theFund Departmentcreated in article three, chapter seventeen of Transportation.this code.
(n) (n) “Toll“Transportation revenues”secretary” means any amount received by the ParkwaysSecretary Authority from any source as a fee for the right of transit over the WestDepartment Virginia Turnpike or any other parkway project and any fees paid by owners of registeredTransportation. motor vehicles in the state or any other state pursuant to section seventeen, article ten, chapter seventeen-a of this code and includes, but is not limited to, any appropriations by the Legislature, gifts, grants or contributions from any source, public or private, to finance transportation.
(m) (o) “Tourism“Toll project”revenues” means:means any amount received by the Parkways Authority from any source as a fee for the right of transit over the West Virginia Turnpike or any other parkway project and any fees paid by owners of registered motor vehicles in the state or any other state collected pursuant to section seventeen, article ten, chapter seventeen-a of this code.
(p) “Tourism project” means:
(n)(q) (p) “Tourist facility and attraction” mean cabins, lodges, recreational facilities, restaurants and other revenue producing facilities, any land or water site, and any information center, visitors’ center or rest stop which the Parkways Authority determines may improve, enhance or contribute to the development of the tourism industry in the state.
(o)(r) (q) “Trunk line” means any road serving major city-to-city travel.
(p)(s) (r) “Turnpike” means the West Virginia Turnpike or any other toll road in the state.
(q)(t) (s) “West Virginia Turnpike Commission” means the State Turnpike Commission existing as of June 1, 1989.
(r)(u) (t) “West Virginia Turnpike” means the turnpike from Charleston to a point approximately one mile south of the intersection of Interstate 77 and U.
(5) To construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, repair, and operate or finance projects, at such locations within the state or adjacent to the state pursuant to a reciprocal toll enforcement agreement as may be determined by the Parkways Authority:
subject to the provisions of section thirty of this article Provided, That after July 1, 2010, the Parkways Authority is prohibited from constructing new tourism projects or new economic development projects, but this prohibition shall not prevent the authority from entering into lease agreements, development agreements or other agreements with private businesses or companies allowing and providing for such private businesses or companies to acquire, develop, construct and operate motels, lodging facilities or other businesses and business facilities on land owned by the authority and located adjacent to the Tamarack project and facilities at Exit 45 of the West Virginia Turnpike;
which costs may include, with respect to the West Virginia Turnpike, such funds as are necessary to repay to the State of West Virginia all or any part of the state funds used to upgrade the West Virginia Turnpike to federal interstate standards (7) To issue parkway revenue refunding bonds of the State of West Virginia, payable solely from toll revenues, for any one or more of the following purposes:
Provided, further,however, That an existing road does not include the West Virginia Turnpike, new lanes or sections of an existing road, the replacement or construction of any bridge or tunnel, or related facilities;
(12) To designate the locations of, and establish, limit and control such points of ingress to and egress fromfrom, each project as may be necessary or desirable in the judgment of the Parkways Authority to ensure the proper operation and maintenance of such project and to prohibit entrance to such project from any point or points not so designated;
All such expenses shall be payable solely from the proceeds of parkway revenue bonds or parkway revenue refunding bonds issued under the provisions of this article or from tolls or from toll revenues;
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(16) To study, investigateinvestigate, and evaluate and, if feasible, develop and implement a single“single feefee” program the purpose of which is to charge a flat fee to owners of motor vehicles registered in this state who opt into any such program or any other state which opts into any such program:
which would produce on an annual basis a sum of money equal to the total toll revenue received from all West Virginia drivers on West Virginia toll roads during the Authority’s preceding fiscal year, divided into at least three classes based upon usage, size and number of axles Provided, That any single fee program shall apply only to passenger motor vehicles, divided into classes based on size and usage, and shall not apply to commercial motor vehicles.
The flat fee shall be set by the authority at a rate or amount so that the aggregate of all toll revenues estimated to be received by the authority at the time of fixing any such rate or amount, or any increase thereof, shallprovides provide sufficient toll revenues consistent with the purposes set forth in section thirteen of this article and to cover the administrative costs of any such single fee program.
Said sum, plus an amount necessary to cover the expected costs of such program The separate fee shall be collected produced by adding it to either the annual cost of vehicle registration or of vehicle inspection a single fee equal to the proportionate share of that vehicle owner of the total toll revenue needed to be produced from all vehicles within that class as an additional fee payable solely to the authority pursuant to section seventeen, article ten, chapter seventeen-a of this code.
A registered motor vehicle for which such single program fee has been paid shall be entitled to traverse all toll roads within the state without stopping to pay individual tolls during the effective period of said vehicle registration:registration.
orThe saidsingle inspection:fee program may also include comparable provisions which would allow vehicles registered in other states to traverse West Virginia toll roads in like fashion to West Virginia vehicles as set forth in this section upon the payment of a single fee for each and every vehicle registered in such state, in accordance with the same classification system adopted for West Virginia vehicles.
Provided,The however,Parkways ThatAuthority, ifin theconsultation singlewith fee proposed to be charged under said program exceeds the standardDivision round trip toll for that vehicle over the entire length of theMotor WestVehicles, Virginia Turnpike, the Authority shall notpropose implementrules suchfor programlegislative without the prior approval ofin bothaccordance Houseswith of the Legislature Provided, further however, That any such program may shall also include comparable provisions whichof wouldarticle allowthree, vehicleschapter registeredtwenty-nine-a inof otherthis statescode to traverseimplement Westany Virginia toll roads in like fashion to West Virginia vehicles as set forth in this section upon the payment of a single fee forprogram eachunder andthis everysubdivision vehicle(16); registered in such state, in accordance with the same classification system adopted for West Virginia vehicles.
The Parkways Authority may propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to implement any single fee program;
(17) (18) To do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted in this article;
and (18) (19) To file the necessary petition or petitions pursuant to federal bankruptcy laws.laws.).
The State of West Virginia hereby consents to the application of Title 11,11 of the United States Code,Code Sec.to the Parkways Authority.
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401-403 (being sections 81 to 83, inclusive, of said Act of Congress).
The State of West Virginia hereby consents to the application of said Title 11, United States Code, Secs.
401-403, to the Parkways Authority (b) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the issuance of parkway revenue refunding bonds in a common plan of financing with the issuance of parkway revenue bonds.
Provided, That this section shall not be construed as authorizing the issuance of parkway revenue bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of the West Virginia Turnpike, which parkway revenue bonds may be issued only as authorized under section eleven of this article The principal of and the interest on bonds shall be payable solely from the funds provided for payment, except that:
(b) The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at a rate as may be determined by the Parkways Authority in its sole discretion, shall mature at a time not exceeding forty years from their date or of issue as may be determined by the Parkways Authority, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the Parkways Authority at a price and under the terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Parkways Authority prior to the issuance of the bonds.
(h) The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the parkway project or parkway projects and by the Division of Highways for any acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, improvement or repair of public highways and bridges as provided for in this article for which the bonds were issued, and shall be disbursed in a manner consistent with the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds.
(l) (m) Bonds may be issued under the provisions of this article without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau or agency of the state in accordance with this article:
§17-16A-11. ParkwayState revenueRoad bondsConstruction –-Account. West Virginia Turnpike;
related (a) projectsThere is hereby created within the State Road Fund a special revenue account to be known as the State Road Construction Account.Account held in the State Treasury to be expended by the Division of Highways for construction, maintenance and repair of public highways and bridges in this state.
(a) The Parkways Authority is authorized to provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of parkway revenue bonds of the state in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed, from time to time, $200 million for the purpose of paying:
(1) All or any part of the cost of the West Virginia Turnpike, which may include, but not be limited to, an amount equal to the state funds used to upgrade the West Virginia Turnpike to federal interstate standards;
(2) All or any part of the cost of any one or more parkway projects that involve improvements to or enhancements of the West Virginia Turnpike, including, without limitation, lane-widening on the West Virginia Turnpike and that are or have been recommended by the Parkways Authority’s traffic engineers or consulting engineers or by both of them prior to the issuance of parkway revenue bonds for the project or projects;
and (3) To the extent permitted by federal law, all or any part of the cost of any related parkway project.
(b) For purposes of this section only, a “related parkway project” means any information center, visitors’ center or rest stop, or any combination thereof, and any expressway, turnpike, trunkline, feeder road, state local service road or park and forest road which connects to or intersects with the West Virginia Turnpike and is located within seventy-five miles of the turnpike as it existed on June 1, 1989, or any subsequent expressway, trunkline, feeder road, state local service road or park and forest road constructed pursuant to this article:
Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the Parkways Authority from issuing parkway revenue bonds pursuant to section ten of this article for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any related parkway project:
Provided, however, That none of the proceeds of the issuance of parkway revenue bonds under this section shall be used to pay all or any part of the cost of any economic development project, except as provided in section twenty-three of this article:
Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the Parkways Authority from issuing additional parkway revenue bonds to the extent permitted by applicable federal law for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating any highway constructed, in whole or in part, with money obtained from the Appalachian Regional Commission as long as the highway connects to the West Virginia Turnpike as it existed on June 1, 1989:
And provided further, That, for purposes of this section, in determining the amount of bonds outstanding, from time to time, within the meaning of this section:
Original par amount or original stated principal amount at the time of issuance of bonds shall be used to determine the principal amount of bonds outstanding, except that the amount of parkway revenue bonds outstanding under this section may not include any bonds that have been retired through payment, defeased through the deposit of funds irrevocably set aside for payment or otherwise refunded so that they are no longer secured by toll revenues of the West Virginia Turnpike:
And provided further, That the authorization to issue bonds under this section is in addition to the authorization and power to issue bonds under any other section of this code:
And provided further, That, without limitation of the authorized purposes for which parkway revenue bonds are otherwise permitted to be issued under this section, and without increasing the maximum principal par amount of parkway revenue bonds permitted to be outstanding, from time to time, under this section, the Authority is specifically authorized by this section to issue, at one time or from time to time, by resolution or resolutions under this section, parkway revenue bonds under this section for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of one or more parkway projects that:
(1) Consist of enhancements or improvements to the West Virginia Turnpike, including, without limitation, projects involving lane widening, resurfacing, surface replacement, bridge replacement, bridge improvements and enhancements, other bridge work, drainage system improvements and enhancements, drainage system replacements, safety improvements and enhancements, and traffic flow improvements and enhancements;
and (2) Have been recommended by the Authority’s consulting engineers or traffic engineers, or both, prior to the issuance of the bonds.
(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section, the issuance of parkway revenue bonds pursuant to this section, the maturities and other details of the bonds, the rights of the holders of the bonds, and the rights, duties and obligations of the Parkways Authority in respect of the bonds shall be governed by the provisions of this article insofar as the provisions are applicable.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the Authority may not issue parkway revenue bonds under this section for projects on the West Virginia Turnpike after June 30, 2010:
Provided, That the authority may issue revenue refunding bonds pursuant to sections twenty-one and twenty-two of this article.
(a) There is hereby created within the State Road Fund a special revenue account to be known as the State Road Construction Account held in the State Treasury to be expended by the Division of Highways for construction, maintenance and repair of public highways and bridges in this state.
(1) All or any portion of the proceeds of any parkway revenue bonds issued pursuant to section ten of this article that the Parkways Authority, in its discretion, may credit to the State Road Construction Account, notwithstanding any provision of sectionsaid tensection of this article to the contrary;
(c) InThe determining how the funds in the special revenue account created by this section will be expended,expended by the Division of Highways shallfor givethe prioritycosts considerationof to acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, improvement or repair of public highways and bridgesbridges, as contained in the Division of Highways’ Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan as it existed on June 1, 2017, or the West Virginia Division of Highways SOS Transportation Investment Program Candidate Project List dated May 3, 2017, in the following counties:
(1) Raleigh County;
(2) Fayette County;
(3) Wyoming County;
and (4) Mercer County.County;
(5) Kanawha County;
(6) Greenbrier County;
(7) Monroe County;
(8) Summers County;
(9) McDowell County;
and (10) Nicholas County.
There is hereby created within the State Treasury a special revenueaccount fundwithin tothe beState knownRoad asFund, designated the West Virginia Parkways Authority Single Fee Program Fund.
The fundaccount shall consist of any fees received from owners of registered motor vehicles in the state or any other state that have opted in under any single fee program that may be created and implemented by the authority pursuant to section six of this article.
MoneysThe heldaccount inshall thisbe administered by the Parkways Authority and expenditures from the fund shall be used exclusively by the authority for the purposes authorized in section thirteen of this article and for administrative costs related to any single fee program implemented by the Parkways Authority under subdivision (16), subsection (a), section six of this article.
The West Virginia Parkways Authority Single Fee Program Fund is a special fund in the State Treasury and is not part of the State General Revenue Fund.
(a)(1)(a) The Parkways Authority is hereby authorized to fix, revise, charge and collect tolls and fees for the use of each parkway project and the different parts or sections thereof and to fix, revise, charge and collect rents, fees, charges and other revenues, of whatever kind or character, for the use of each economic development project or tourism project, or any part or section thereof, and to contract with any person, partnership, association or corporation desiring the use of any part thereof, including the right-of-way adjoining the paved portion, for placing thereon telephone, telegraph fiber optic,optic or other data transmission lines or devices, electric light, power or other utility lines, gas stations, garages, stores, hotels, restaurants and advertising signs, or for any other purpose except for tracks for railroad or railway use, and to fix the terms, conditions, rents and rates of charges for such use: use: Provided, That the Parkways Authority may not charge tolls or fees for transit over an existing road without express legislative authorization for the charging of such tolls or fees:
Provided, however, That anthe existingParkways roadAuthority doesmay not includecharge thetolls Westor Virginiafees Turnpike,for newtransit lanesover oran sectionsexisting ofroad anwithout existingexpress road,legislative theauthorization replacementfor orthe constructioncharging of anysuch bridgetolls or tunnel,fees: or related facilities.
Provided, however, That an existing road does not include the West Virginia Turnpike, new lanes or new sections of an existing road, the replacement or construction of any bridge or tunnel, or related facilities.
(1) To pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, repairing, improving and operating such project or projects and to pay:create reserves therefor;
(A)(2) Theto (1) To pay the costprincipal of acquiring,and constructing,the reconstructing,interest maintaining,on repairing,such improvingbonds and operatingrelated suchcosts projectand orexpenses projectsas the same shall become due and payable, and to create reserves therefor;for such purposes;
and (B) (2) to pay the principal of and the interest on such bonds and related costs and expenses as the same shall become due and payable, and to create reserves for such purposes;
The tolls, rents, fees, charges and all other revenues derived from the project or projects in connection with which the bonds of any issue shall have been issued, except such part thereof as may be necessary to pay the cost of maintenance, repair and operation acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, improving, repairing and operating such project or projects and to provide such reserves therefor as may be provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or in the trust agreement securing the same, shall be set aside at regular intervals as may be provided in the resolution or the trust agreement in a sinking fund which is hereby pledged to, and charged with, the payment of:
(2)(A) In(b) fiscalThe yearParkways oneAuthority thousandshall ninecause, hundredas ninety-eight,soon afteras theit parkwaysis authoritylegally hasable metto ordo providedso, forall thecontracts satisfactionto ofwhich eachit requirementis imposeda byparty and which relate to the provisionsoperation, ofmaintenance subdivisionor (1)use of thisany subsection,restaurant, themotel parkwaysor authorityother shalllodging payfacility, twotruck hundredand fiftyautomobile thousandservice dollarsfacility, tofood thevending Hatfield-McCoyfacility regionalor recreationany authorityother fromservice anyfacility remaininglocated balancealong ofthe revenuesWest receivedVirginia fromTurnpike, economicto developmentbe projectsrenewed andon tourisma projects.competitive bid basis.
(B) Upon the effective date of this act, the parkways authority shall seek authorization from the federal highway administration, the state Department of Transportation and the trustee under any trust indenture or agreement existing as the result of the issuance of any revenue bonds under the provisions of this article to issue additional revenue bonds in a total amount not to exceed six million dollars for the purpose of funding projects of the Hatfield-McCoy regional recreation authority.
Upon the agreement of all of such entities that the parkways authority be authorized to do so, as certified to the parkways authority, the Governor and the Joint Committee on Government and Finance, the parkways authority is authorized to issue additional revenue bonds in a total amount not to exceed six million dollars.
The proceeds of the revenue bonds shall be used to fund projects of the Hatfield-McCoy regional recreation authority.
Each issuance of such revenue bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof shall be subject to each condition, restriction or other provision of this article applicable to the issuance of parkway revenue bonds.
In the event the agreement is not certified as required by this subsection, and until the same is certified, the parkways authority shall pay two hundred fifty thousand dollars to the Hatfield-McCoy regional recreation authority in the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand, and in each fiscal year thereafter, for a total of nine consecutive years, for the purpose of funding projects of the Hatfield-McCoy regional recreation authority.
These amounts shall be paid in quarterly installments from remaining balances in each fiscal year of revenues received from economic development projects and tourism projects as determined in the manner provided in paragraph (A) of this subdivision.
(b) The Parkways Authority shall cause, as soon as it is legally able to do so, all contracts to which it is a party and which relate to the operation, maintenance or use of any restaurant, motel or other lodging facility, truck and automobile service facility, food vending facility or any other service facility located along the West Virginia Turnpike, to be renewed on a competitive bid basis.
§17-16A-13a. Public notice and hearing meeting requirements.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, on and after July 1, 2010 the effective date of the amendment and reenactment of this section in the year 2017, the Parkways Authority is authorized after prior public notice and hearing meeting, as set forth in this section, to:
Provided, That the Parkways Authority may not increase any passenger vehicle rates, tolls or charges without establishing either a single fee program pursuant to subdivision (16), subsection (a), section six of this article or a passenger motor vehicle unlimited use single fee EZ Pass transponder discount program:program pursuant to section twenty-nine of this article:
Provided, however, That the singleprogram annualshall feeextend proposedat toleast bethrough chargedthe underperiod eitherthat suchany programrates, maytolls notor exceedcharges anare amountimposed: equal to the sum of:
(1)Provided 2.5further, timesThat the total toll rate for a single passageannual offee aproposed two-axleto passengerbe motorcharged vehicleunder througheither everysuch tollprogram plazamay facilitynot maintainedexceed: by the Parkways Authority;
and (A) (2)An aamount usage fee for the EZ Pass transponder, radio frequency identifying tag or other device issued by the Parkways Authority to participate in such program, which fee shall not exceed the actual cost of issuing$25 suchper device;year:
Provided, That the Parkways Authority may adjust this amount every three years: Provided, however, That an increase in such amount may not exceed five percent of the amount at each adjustment;
and (B) A usage fee for the EZ Pass transponder, radio frequency identifying tag or other device issued by the Parkways Authority to participate in such program, which fee shall not exceed the actual cost of issuing such device;
(b) The Parkways Authority shall publish notice of any proposed contract, project or bond which would require the Parkways Authority to fix any initial toll rates or charges or fees or result in an increase of any toll rates or charges or fees, or extend any bond repayment obligation along with the associated initial rate or fee and rate or fee increase, or revised bond repayment period by a Class II legal advertisement in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, published and of general circulation in each county which borders the parkway project or proposed parkway project affected by the proposed contract, project or bond.
(c) Once notice has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this section, the Parkways Authority shall conduct a public hearing in each county which borders the parkway project or proposed parkway project affected by the proposed contract, project or bond, and any at least one public meeting at a reasonable time and location in any county which borders the parkway project or proposed parkway project affected by the proposed contract, project or bond, to allow interested members of the public an opportunity to ask questions and give written comments during the meeting respecting the proposed contract, project or bond which would require the Parkways Authority to fix any initial toll rates or charges or fees or result in an increase of any toll rates or charges or fees.
The public notice and written public comment period shall be conducted not less than forty-five days from the publication of the notice and the affected public must be provided with at least twenty days’ notice of each any scheduled public hearing meeting.
(d) All studies, records, documents and other materials which were considered by the Parkways Authority before recommending the approval of any such project or recommending the adoption of any such initial rate or increase shall be made available for public inspection for a period of at least twenty days prior to the scheduled hearing meeting at a convenient location in each county where a public hearing meeting is held or online.
(e) AtAny thefinal conclusionaction oftaken allby required public hearings, the Parkways Authority shallto renderapprove aor finalimplement decisionany whichproposed shallinitial includerate writtenor findingsfee, ofrate factor supportingfee itsincrease, finalcontract decisionor on any proposed project which would require or result in ora requireproposed initial rates, a rate increase, or priortoll toor finallyfee approvingor anya proposed initialincrease rateof orany tollrate or ratetolls oralong tollany increase,portion andof sucha requiredparkway findingsproject andor conclusionsfee mustfor referenceany andsingle givefee dueprogram considerationwithout tofirst satisfying the public commentsnotice and additionalmeeting evidencerequirements offeredof duringthis thesection, publicshall hearings.be null and void.
(f) (e) On and after July 1, 2010, any Any final action taken by the Parkways Authority to approve or implement any proposed initial rate or fee, rate or fee increase, contract or project which would require or result in a proposed initial rate or toll or fee or a proposed increase of any rate or tolls along any portion of the a parkway project or fee for any single fee program without first satisfying the public notice and hearing meeting requirements of this section, shall be null and void.
Provided, That an existing road does not include the West Virginia Turnpike, new lanes or new sections of an existing road, the replacement or construction of any bridge or tunnel, or related facilities.
§17-16A-18. Cessation of tolls Corridor L toll fees authorized;
(a) (a) ExceptThe asParkways providedAuthority herein,is whenhereby allauthorized bonds issued under the provisions of this article in connection with any parkway project or projects and the interest thereon shall have been paid or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and the interest thereon to theoperate maturity thereof shall have been set aside in trust for the benefitcurrently ofexisting thetoll bondholders,collection suchfacility projectlocated orat projects, if then in good condition and repair to the satisfactioninterchange of theU. Commissioner of the state Division of Highways, shall be transferred to the state Division of Highways and shall thereafter be maintained by the state Division of Highways free of tolls.
(b) No later than February 1, 1990, the parkways authority shall discontinue, remove and not relocate all toll collection facilities on the West Virginia Turnpike as the same existed on June 1, 1989, except for the three main toll barriers and collection facilities and, provided solely that the provisions of section eighteen-a are complied with, the toll collection facilities at the intersection of U.S.
Route 19 (Corridor “L”) and said turnpike.
(a) The Parkways Authority is hereby authorized to operate the currently existing toll collection facility located at the interchange of U.
The The Parkways Authority Authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of parkway revenue refunding bonds of the state for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued or may be issued under the provisions of this article in connection with the construction of any parkway project, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds;
AfterNo the effective date of the amendments to this article enacted by the Legislature during the regular session in two thousand six, no issuance of a refunding bond may extend the maturity date of such bond being refunded and may not exceed the outstanding principal of such bond being refunded.
Any refunding bond issued after the effective date of the amendments to this article enacted by the Legislature during the regular session in two thousand six shall be structured to provide for approximately level annual debt service savings each fiscal year through the final maturity or structured to approximate the level of debt service that would have been paid prior to the refunding, with a preponderance of the savings being deferred toward eliminating or reducing the most distant maturities.
The Parkways Authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of parkway revenue refunding bonds of the state in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $60,000,000 for the purpose of refunding any bonds which shall have been issued under this article, or any predecessor thereof, in connection with the construction of the West Virginia Turnpike, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds, and, to the extent permissible under federal law and if deemed advisable by the parkways authority Parkways Authority, for repaying to the state all or any part of the state funds used to upgrade the West Virginia Turnpike to federal interstate standards:
Provided, That anynone proceedsof derivedthe fromproceeds of the issuance of suchparkway revenue refunding bonds whichissued areunder this section shall be used onto anypay parkwayall projector otherany thanpart of the Westcost Virginiaof Turnpikeany musteconomic bedevelopment usedproject solelyor ontourism parkwayproject. projects:
(i) Which are either connected to or intersect with the West Virginia Turnpike and are within seventy-five air miles of said turnpike as it exists on the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine, or any subsequent expressway, trunkline, turnpike, feeder road, state local service road or park and forest road constructed pursuant to this article;
and (ii) which involve the upgrading or addition of interchanges, the construction of expressways or feeder roads, or the upgrading or construction of information centers, visitors’ centers, rest stops or any combination thereof:
Provided, however That none of the proceeds of the issuance of parkway revenue refunding bonds issued under this section shall be used to pay all or any part of the cost of any economic development project or tourism project.
AfterThe theauthority effectiveto dateissue ofparkway revenue refunding bonds under the amendmentsprovisions toof this section and section twenty-one of this article enacteddoes bynot extend to the Legislaturerefunding duringof any parkway revenue refunding bonds outstanding on the regulareffective sessiondate inof twothe thousandamendment six,and noreenactment of such sections in 2017. No issuance of a refunding bond may extend the maturity date of such bond being refunded and may not exceed the outstanding principal of such bond being refunded.
Any refunding bond issued after the effective date of the amendments to this article enacted by the Legislature during the regular session in two thousand six shall be structured to provide for approximately level annual debt service savings each fiscal year through the final maturity or structured to approximate the level of debt service that would have been paid prior to the refunding, with a preponderance of the savings being deferred toward eliminating or reducing the most distant maturities.
For purposes of this section, the outstanding principal is to be determined as of the date on which the revenue bond is refinancedrefinanced. §17-16A-29.
§17-16A-29.
Provided, That prior to the fixation of any initial rates, tolls or charges or any increase in any rates, tolls or charges along any portion of the parkway project, the Parkways Authority shall may create a discount program for purchasers of West Virginia EZ Pass transponders.
(b) The Authorityauthority shall provide public notice and hold a public hearings meeting on any proposed discount program as required in section thirteen-a of this article prior to implementation of such program.
(c) Annually,For purposes of this section, a “West Virginia EZ Pass transponder” means a device issued by the Parkways Authority shallwhich holdallows atthe leastpurchaser oneto publicattach informationalthe sessiondevice into eachhis ofor theher followingmotor counties:vehicle and travel through a Parkways Authority toll facility and be billed for such travel by the authority.
Kanawha,§17-16A-30. Fayette, Raleigh and Mercer counties.
TheCoordination Authoritywith iscounty tocommission distributein educationalcounties materialswhere anda otherparkway informationproject concerningmay thebe discountlocated. program for purchasers of West Virginia EZ Pass transponders described in this section.
(d)Once Upona parkway project for a new toll road is identified by the effectiveauthority, datethe Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the amendmentsSenate, two persons from each county where the parkway project for the new toll road is located to thisserve sectionon enacteda duringlocal committee to provide recommendations and suggestions to the regularauthority sessionon all matters regarding the local identified project. The local committee shall also report any of its findings to the Legislaturecounty incommission or county commissions of the yearcounties 2010,in which the Authorityparkway shallproject makefor availablethe Westnew Virginiatoll EZroad Passis transponderslocated. Prior to theany publicfinal withoutapproval of a parkway project for a new toll road, the paymentcounty commissions of anythe monetarycounties securityin deposit.which the parkway project road is located shall by resolution approve the parkway project:
TheProvided, AuthorityThat shalla creditresolution anyapproving individualthe thatparkway hasproject paid a security deposit for a Westnew Virginiatoll EZroad Passis transponderonly priorrequired tofrom Julya 1,simple 2010,majority onof the individual’scounty nextcommissions billing statement (e) (c) For purposes of this section, a “West Virginia EZ Pass transponder” means a device issued sold by the Parkwayscounties Authorityin which allows the purchaserparkway toproject attachfor the device to his or her motor vehicle and travel through a Parkwaysnew Authority toll facilityroad andis belocated. billed for such travel by the authority.
Provided, ThatCHAPTER the17A. application of this article should not apply to (1) Future highway construction provided for in the Division of Highways’ Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan at the time of the enactment of this article;
and (2) Existing toll roads:
Provided, That this section may not be construed to prohibit the collection and enforcement of tolls pursuant to article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of this code CHAPTER 17A.
The divisionDivision is hereby authorized, directed and empowered to enter into all necessary agreements with the West Virginia Parkways Authority that will permit the division to collect,collect as agent for and on behalf of the said Parkways Authority, all road user fees imposed by suchthe authority under subdivision (8),(16), subsection (a), section six, article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of this code, or any other applicable section of its enabling legislation, and thereafter, to deposit allthe such road user fees collected by the division,Division ininto its capacity as collection agent, in the State Treasury and credited to the West Virginia Parkways Authority Single Fee Program Fund established withinunder the West Virginia Parkways Authority for single user fees in accordance with section eleven-a, article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of this code.
or (7) That the vehicle is operated by a commercial motor carrier who has failed to provide a federal motor carrier identification number (USDOT number) or whose authority to operate in interstate commerce has been denied or suspended by the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration;
In addition to each fee provided in this article, an additional fee for any single fee program that may be implemented by the West Virginia Parkways Authority pursuant to section six, article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of this code shall be payable upon the issuance of each certificate of registration and renewal thereof issued pursuant to article three of this chapter. AllThe moneyDivision collected by the division, as collection agent for the authority under this section, shall becollect depositedand indeposit aall special fund in the Stateadditional Treasuryfees andinto credited to the West Virginia Parkways Authority Single Fee Program Fund establishedcreated within the West Virginia Parkways Authority for single user fees in accordance with section eleven-a, article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of this code. The additional fee provided herein may be imposed for each application for such certificate and renewal thereof made on or after July 1, 2017.
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Action History
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Chapter 5, Acts, 1st Extraordinary Session, 2017
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Approved by Governor 6/22/17 - Senate Journal
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Approved by Governor 6/22/17 - House Journal
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To Governor 6/19/17 - Senate Journal
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To Governor 6/19/17 - House Journal
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Approved by Governor 6/22/17
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To Governor 6/19/17
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House received Senate message
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Completed legislative action
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Communicated to House
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Effective from passage (Roll No. 61)
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Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 60)
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House Message received
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Communicated to Senate
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Effective from passage (Roll No. 679)
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Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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Passed House (Roll No. 678)
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Read 3rd time
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Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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Read 2nd time
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Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 677)
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Read 1st time
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Motion to take bill up for immediate consideration and read a first time adopted (Roll No. 676)
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With amendment, do pass
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To House Finance
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To Finance
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Introduced in House
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Ordered to House
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Effective from passage (Roll No. 28)
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Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 28)
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Read 3rd time
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Trump Floor amendment #2 adopted (Voice vote)
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Trump Floor amendments #1 adopted (Voice vote)
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Deferred until foot of 1st reading
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Laid over on 3rd reading 5/23/17 with right to amend
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Laid over on 3rd reading 5/22/17 with right to amend
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On 3rd reading with right to amend
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Read 2nd time
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Immediate consideration
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Reported do pass
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Referred to Rules on 2nd reading
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On 2nd reading
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Read 1st time
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Committee reference dispensed
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Immediate consideration
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Introduced in Senate
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Filed for introduction
Sponsors
- Prezioso · Cosponsor
- Carmichael · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 150 not signed on · 9 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Carmichael
Co-sponsors (1)
- Prezioso
Not signed on (150)
150 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 150 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 45 | 16 | 0 | 11 |
| Republican | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 64 | 24 | 0 | 12 |
| % of votes cast | 64% | 24% | 0% | 12% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Foster, G. | — | Yea |
| Sypolt | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Nelson | — | Yea |
| Hartman | — | Yea |
| Atkinson | — | Yea |
| Brewer | — | Yea |
| Byrd | — | Yea |
| Ferro | — | Yea |
| Lynch | — | Yea |
| Marcum | — | Yea |
| Sponaugle | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Speaker Armstead | — | Yea |
| Diserio | — | Yea |
| Romine, C. | — | Yea |
| Evans, E. | — | Yea |
| Romine, R. | — | Not Voting |
| Arvon | — | Not Voting |
| Evans, A. | — | Not Voting |
| Foster, N. | — | Not Voting |
| Phillips | — | Not Voting |
| Blair | — | Nay |
| Martin | — | Nay |
| Martin | — | Nay |
| Boggs | — | Yea |
| Capito | — | Yea |
| Caputo | — | Yea |
| Cowles | — | Yea |
| Espinosa | — | Nay |
| Fast | — | Nay |
| Folk | — | Nay |
| Harshbarger | — | Nay |
| Hicks | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Nay |
| Hollen | — | Yea |
| Householder | — | Not Voting |
| Kessinger | — | Nay |
| Love | — | Yea |
| O'Neal | — | Not Voting |
| Overington | — | Nay |
| Pethtel | — | Yea |
| Robinson | — | Yea |
| Rowan | — | Yea |
| Sobonya | — | Nay |
| Storch | — | Nay |
| Upson | — | Nay |
| Wilson | — | Nay |
| Ambler | — | Not Voting |
| Baldwin | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Boggs | — | Yea |
| Boggs | — | Yea |
| Canestraro | — | Yea |
| Deem | — | Not Voting |
| Fleischauer | — | Yea |
| Frich | — | Nay |
| Hamrick | — | Nay |
| Higginbotham | — | Yea |
| Isner | — | Yea |
| Longstreth | — | Yea |
| Lovejoy | — | Yea |
| Miley | — | Yea |
| Miley | — | Yea |
| Moye | — | Yea |
| Pyles | — | Yea |
| Rodighiero | — | Yea |
| Rowe | — | Yea |
| Shott | — | Yea |
| Summers | — | Not Voting |
| Westfall | — | Not Voting |
| Hollis Lewis | Democrat | Yea |
| John Williams | Democrat | Yea |
| Mike Pushkin | Democrat | Yea |
| Sean Hornbuckle | Democrat | Yea |
| Shawn Fluharty | Democrat | Yea |
| Ben Queen | Republican | Yea |
| Betsy Kelly | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Hamilton | Republican | Yea |
| Erica Moore | Republican | Nay |
| Erica Moore | Republican | Nay |
| Erica Moore | Republican | Nay |
| Gary G. Howell | Republican | Nay |
| George Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Guy Ward | Republican | Nay |
| Jason Barrett | Republican | Nay |
| Jeff Eldridge | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Ellington | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joe Statler | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa White | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Dean | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Zatezalo | Republican | Yea |
| Marty Gearheart | Republican | Nay |
| Matthew Rohrbach | Republican | Yea |
| Pat McGeehan | Republican | Nay |
| Roger Hanshaw | Republican | Yea |
| Roy Cooper | Republican | Yea |
| Vernon Criss | Republican | Yea |
| William Anderson | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 50 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 70 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| % of votes cast | 70% | 15% | 0% | 15% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Atkinson | — | Yea |
| Ferro | — | Yea |
| Fleischauer | — | Yea |
| Frich | — | Yea |
| Longstreth | — | Yea |
| Love | — | Yea |
| Lynch | — | Yea |
| Miley | — | Yea |
| Shott | — | Yea |
| Sponaugle | — | Yea |
| Romine, C. | — | Yea |
| Foster, G. | — | Yea |
| Blair | — | Yea |
| Sypolt | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Hartman | — | Yea |
| Nelson | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Diserio | — | Yea |
| Speaker Armstead | — | Yea |
| Evans, E. | — | Yea |
| Lane | — | Yea |
| Arvon | — | Not Voting |
| Evans, A. | — | Not Voting |
| Foster, N. | — | Not Voting |
| Phillips | — | Not Voting |
| Romine, R. | — | Not Voting |
| Martin | — | Nay |
| Maynard | — | Nay |
| Brewer | — | Yea |
| Canestraro | — | Yea |
| Capito | — | Yea |
| Cowles | — | Yea |
| Deem | — | Not Voting |
| Espinosa | — | Yea |
| Folk | — | Nay |
| Harshbarger | — | Yea |
| Higginbotham | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Nay |
| Iaquinta | — | Not Voting |
| Isner | — | Yea |
| O'Neal | — | Yea |
| Overington | — | Yea |
| Pethtel | — | Yea |
| Pyles | — | Yea |
| Rodighiero | — | Nay |
| Storch | — | Yea |
| Upson | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Westfall | — | Not Voting |
| Ambler | — | Not Voting |
| Baldwin | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Boggs | — | Yea |
| Byrd | — | Yea |
| Caputo | — | Yea |
| Fast | — | Nay |
| Hamrick | — | Yea |
| Hicks | — | Yea |
| Hollen | — | Yea |
| Householder | — | Not Voting |
| Kessinger | — | Nay |
| Lovejoy | — | Yea |
| Marcum | — | Nay |
| Moye | — | Yea |
| Paynter | — | Nay |
| Robinson | — | Yea |
| Rowan | — | Yea |
| Rowe | — | Not Voting |
| Sobonya | — | Yea |
| Summers | — | Not Voting |
| Wilson | — | Nay |
| Hollis Lewis | Democrat | Yea |
| John Williams | Democrat | Yea |
| Mike Pushkin | Democrat | Yea |
| Sean Hornbuckle | Democrat | Yea |
| Shawn Fluharty | Democrat | Yea |
| Ben Queen | Republican | Yea |
| Betsy Kelly | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Hamilton | Republican | Yea |
| Erica Moore | Republican | Yea |
| Gary G. Howell | Republican | Yea |
| George Miller | Republican | Yea |
| George Miller | Republican | Not Voting |
| Guy Ward | Republican | Nay |
| Jason Barrett | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Eldridge | Republican | Nay |
| Jim Butler | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joe Ellington | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joe Statler | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa White | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Dean | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Zatezalo | Republican | Yea |
| Marty Gearheart | Republican | Nay |
| Matthew Rohrbach | Republican | Yea |
| Pat McGeehan | Republican | Nay |
| Roger Hanshaw | Republican | Yea |
| Roy Cooper | Republican | Yea |
| Vernon Criss | Republican | Yea |
| William Anderson | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 51 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Republican | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 73 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| % of votes cast | 73% | 13% | 0% | 14% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Evans, E. | — | Yea |
| Foster, G. | — | Yea |
| Blair | — | Yea |
| Sypolt | — | Yea |
| Nelson | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Hartman | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Speaker Armstead | — | Yea |
| Diserio | — | Yea |
| Lane | — | Yea |
| Romine, C. | — | Yea |
| Atkinson | — | Yea |
| Boggs | — | Yea |
| Brewer | — | Yea |
| Byrd | — | Yea |
| Canestraro | — | Yea |
| Capito | — | Yea |
| Caputo | — | Yea |
| Espinosa | — | Yea |
| Fleischauer | — | Yea |
| Hamrick | — | Yea |
| Harshbarger | — | Yea |
| Higginbotham | — | Yea |
| Longstreth | — | Yea |
| Lovejoy | — | Yea |
| Miley | — | Yea |
| O'Neal | — | Yea |
| Overington | — | Yea |
| Pethtel | — | Yea |
| Pyles | — | Yea |
| Rodighiero | — | Yea |
| Rowe | — | Yea |
| Shott | — | Yea |
| Sponaugle | — | Yea |
| Storch | — | Yea |
| Upson | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Arvon | — | Not Voting |
| Evans, A. | — | Not Voting |
| Foster, N. | — | Not Voting |
| Phillips | — | Not Voting |
| Romine, R. | — | Not Voting |
| Maynard | — | Nay |
| Martin | — | Nay |
| Deem | — | Not Voting |
| Folk | — | Nay |
| Hicks | — | Nay |
| Hill | — | Nay |
| Householder | — | Not Voting |
| Iaquinta | — | Not Voting |
| Paynter | — | Nay |
| Westfall | — | Not Voting |
| Wilson | — | Nay |
| Ambler | — | Not Voting |
| Baldwin | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Cowles | — | Yea |
| Fast | — | Nay |
| Ferro | — | Yea |
| Frich | — | Yea |
| Hollen | — | Yea |
| Isner | — | Yea |
| Kessinger | — | Nay |
| Love | — | Yea |
| Lynch | — | Yea |
| Marcum | — | Nay |
| Moye | — | Yea |
| Robinson | — | Yea |
| Rowan | — | Yea |
| Sobonya | — | Yea |
| Summers | — | Not Voting |
| Hollis Lewis | Democrat | Yea |
| John Williams | Democrat | Yea |
| Mike Pushkin | Democrat | Yea |
| Sean Hornbuckle | Democrat | Yea |
| Shawn Fluharty | Democrat | Yea |
| Ben Queen | Republican | Yea |
| Betsy Kelly | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Hamilton | Republican | Yea |
| Erica Moore | Republican | Yea |
| Gary G. Howell | Republican | Yea |
| George Miller | Republican | Yea |
| George Miller | Republican | Not Voting |
| Guy Ward | Republican | Nay |
| Jason Barrett | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Eldridge | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Butler | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joe Ellington | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joe Statler | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa White | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Dean | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Zatezalo | Republican | Yea |
| Marty Gearheart | Republican | Nay |
| Matthew Rohrbach | Republican | Yea |
| Pat McGeehan | Republican | Nay |
| Roger Hanshaw | Republican | Yea |
| Roy Cooper | Republican | Yea |
| Vernon Criss | Republican | Yea |
| William Anderson | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 51 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Republican | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 73 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| % of votes cast | 73% | 10% | 0% | 17% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Foster, G. | — | Yea |
| Blair | — | Yea |
| Maynard | — | Yea |
| Sypolt | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Hartman | — | Yea |
| Nelson | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Atkinson | — | Yea |
| Brewer | — | Yea |
| Byrd | — | Yea |
| Canestraro | — | Yea |
| Capito | — | Yea |
| Caputo | — | Yea |
| Ferro | — | Yea |
| Fleischauer | — | Yea |
| Frich | — | Yea |
| Hicks | — | Yea |
| Longstreth | — | Yea |
| Lovejoy | — | Yea |
| Lynch | — | Yea |
| Moye | — | Yea |
| Overington | — | Yea |
| Rowan | — | Yea |
| Shott | — | Yea |
| Sponaugle | — | Yea |
| Storch | — | Yea |
| Upson | — | Yea |
| Wagner | — | Yea |
| Diserio | — | Yea |
| Speaker Armstead | — | Yea |
| Lane | — | Yea |
| Evans, E. | — | Yea |
| Romine, C. | — | Yea |
| Arvon | — | Not Voting |
| Evans, A. | — | Not Voting |
| Foster, N. | — | Not Voting |
| Phillips | — | Not Voting |
| Romine, R. | — | Not Voting |
| Martin | — | Nay |
| Boggs | — | Not Voting |
| Folk | — | Nay |
| Harshbarger | — | Nay |
| Hollen | — | Yea |
| Householder | — | Not Voting |
| Isner | — | Yea |
| Kessinger | — | Nay |
| O'Neal | — | Not Voting |
| Paynter | — | Nay |
| Pyles | — | Yea |
| Robinson | — | Yea |
| Rodighiero | — | Yea |
| Westfall | — | Not Voting |
| Wilson | — | Nay |
| Ambler | — | Not Voting |
| Baldwin | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Cowles | — | Yea |
| Deem | — | Not Voting |
| Espinosa | — | Yea |
| Fast | — | Yea |
| Hamrick | — | Yea |
| Higginbotham | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Nay |
| Iaquinta | — | Not Voting |
| Love | — | Yea |
| Marcum | — | Yea |
| Miley | — | Not Voting |
| Pethtel | — | Yea |
| Rowe | — | Yea |
| Sobonya | — | Yea |
| Summers | — | Not Voting |
| Hollis Lewis | Democrat | Yea |
| John Williams | Democrat | Yea |
| Mike Pushkin | Democrat | Yea |
| Sean Hornbuckle | Democrat | Yea |
| Shawn Fluharty | Democrat | Yea |
| Ben Queen | Republican | Yea |
| Betsy Kelly | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Hamilton | Republican | Yea |
| Erica Moore | Republican | Yea |
| Gary G. Howell | Republican | Yea |
| George Miller | Republican | Yea |
| George Miller | Republican | Not Voting |
| Guy Ward | Republican | Nay |
| Jason Barrett | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Eldridge | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Butler | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joe Ellington | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joe Statler | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa White | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Dean | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Zatezalo | Republican | Yea |
| Marty Gearheart | Republican | Nay |
| Matthew Rohrbach | Republican | Yea |
| Pat McGeehan | Republican | Nay |
| Roger Hanshaw | Republican | Yea |
| Roy Cooper | Republican | Yea |
| Vernon Criss | Republican | Yea |
| William Anderson | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 76% | 15% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (34)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| KARNES | — | Nay |
| RUCKER | — | Not Voting |
| BEACH | — | Yea |
| MANN | — | Yea |
| SMITH | — | Nay |
| BLAIR | — | Yea |
| MARONEY | — | Not Voting |
| STOLLINGS | — | Yea |
| BOLEY | — | Yea |
| MAYNARD | — | Nay |
| SWOPE | — | Yea |
| BOSO | — | Yea |
| SYPOLT | — | Nay |
| MULLINS | — | Not Voting |
| TAKUBO | — | Yea |
| CLINE | — | Yea |
| OJEDA | — | Yea |
| TRUMP | — | Yea |
| FACEMIRE | — | Yea |
| PALUMBO | — | Yea |
| UNGER | — | Yea |
| FERNS | — | Yea |
| PLYMALE | — | Yea |
| WELD | — | Yea |
| GAUNCH | — | Yea |
| PREZIOSO | — | Yea |
| WOELFEL | — | Yea |
| ROMANO | — | Yea |
| MR PRESIDENT | — | Yea |
| JEFFRIES | — | Yea |
| Charles H. Clements | Republican | Yea |
| George Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Azinger | Republican | Nay |
| Walter Hall | Republican | Yea |
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