West Virginia

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to schedule of fees.This section i[s new; therefore,

The purpose of this bill is to decrease the service period for notice of tax lien sales; and to decrease the statute of limitations for an action to set aside a deed.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit spending authority for money used by an agency in support of a challenge to West Virginia law.

The purpose of this bill relates to the ability of the county authority to impose a vacancy tax on vacant or mostly vacant structures. The bill provides for a legislative purpose. The bill grants authority. The bill provides for definitions. The bill provides for the imposition of a vacancy tax. The bill provides for notice and appeal. The bill provides for collection and lien. The bill creates exemptions. Finally, the bill provides rulemaking authority.

The purpose of this bill is to modify the sentence and parole eligibility for the crimes of murder in the second degree; modifying the parole eligibility for inmates serving life sentences and those who have been convicted of first degree murder; and modifying eligibility for attempted crimes of murder in the first and second degree, and allowing the victim's family and prosecutor to attend the parole hearings in person or remotely.

The purpose of this bill is to require the use of hazard lights on cars when the automobile is traveling at more than ten miles below the posted speed limit.

The purpose of this bill is to require the Secretary of Department of Health Facilities to continue operating state-owned health facilities and to otherwise prohibit the department's sale or divestment of the operations of, or the real estate related to, Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital, Welch Community Hospital, or William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, without approval of the Legislature.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the time limitations provided for filing occupational pneumoconiosis claims in this section does not apply to or otherwise limit the ability of a claimant to obtain an evaluation from the Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board.

The purpose of this bill is to allow a county board to exempt itself and all noncharter public schools under its jurisdiction from all statutes and rules as provided for public charter schools; require any county board making such an election to engage an external auditor to perform an independent audit of the county's finances once every three years; and limit the county board's annual cost for the salaries of administrators to not more than six percent of the overall total annual budget of the county.

The purpose of this bill is to revise municipal zoning laws to allow for accessory dwelling units; require municipalities to adopt certain regulations in relation to accessory dwelling units; prohibit certain regulations in relation to accessory dwelling units; allow a municipality to charge a fee to review applications to create accessory dwelling units; and establish zoning regulation criteria and guidelines.

The purpose of this bill is to require automatic treble compensatory damages being fined every time a commercial truck driver who cannot comprehend English cause an accident in West Virginia.

The purpose of this bill is to create the Corporate Anti-Subsidy Act. The bill permits West Virginia to enter into the "Interstate Compact Agreement Prohibiting Company-Specific Subsidies."

The purpose of this bill is to add identification requirements for nonresident persons operating a commercial vehicle in West Virginia. The bill provides that those persons possess a valid work visa and provide proof of citizenship to validate his or her identity while operating a commercial motor vehicle and that they demonstrate proficiency of the English language sufficient to converse with the general public, understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language; respond to official inquiries, and make entries on reports and records. Misdemeanor penalties and fines for violations are provided. The bill also allows the Commissioner to adopt the Even Exchange Program of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), a military skills test waiver and to permit first responders to apply for a CDL without skills testing.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to licensure by reciprocity.This section is new; therefore,

The purpose of this bill is to require the Division of Motor Vehicles to provide certain identification documents to homeless youth who are U.S. Citizens, residing at homeless shelters within this state, at no cost.

The purpose of this resolution is to add a new section to Article III of the West Virginia Constitution, to recognize the right to refuse medical treatments, injections, devices, vaccines, or prophylactics and to further provide equal protection under the law and the right to public accommodation for persons that exercise this right.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit an increase in West Virginia electric rate payers for power transmission lines to be built to export electricity to another state. Power that is exported to a neighboring state will be absorbed by that particular state's rate payers or the industry that will ultimately use the electric power.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to continuing education.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit public utilities from making contributions to political candidates or campaigns, political action committees, groups that can make contributions from funds derived from rate payers to political candidates, campaigns, or political action committees; creating criminal offense and penalties for violation; and prohibiting charitable contributions by public utilities to charitable organizations.

The purpose of this bill is to cap insurance copayments for certain services at $500 a year for insureds who are terminally ill until death.

The purpose of this bill is to provide a 25% pay increase for state teachers across all salary scales.

The purpose of this bill is to exempt from sales tax certain infant products and hygiene products.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to oral pharmaceutical certificates.This section is new; therefore,