Bill Text: WV SB736 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to public service districts' laying of certain utility lines on state rights-of-way
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-07 - To Transportation and Infrastructure [SB736 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-SB736-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 736
By Senator Maynard
[Introduced February 7,
2020; referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-13A-9b, relating to public service districts’ laying of water lines, sewer lines, utilities, or pipelines on state rights-of-way; limiting the onsite time required supervision by a state engineer; and requiring payment and performance bonds to cover a reasonable length of time for defects to be discovered.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 13A. PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICTS.
§16-13A-9b. Supervision of laying of lines on state rights-of-way limited.
When a public service district lays water lines, sewer lines, utilities or pipelines on state rights-of-way, the state may require a state engineer to inspect the project at its commencement, periodically, and at its conclusion. The state may not require a public service district to have an on-site state engineer for the entire time the project is under construction. The public service district shall require payment and performance bonds to cover a reasonable length of time for defects to be discovered.
The purpose of this bill is to limit the onsite time required supervision by a state engineer. The bill requires payment and performance bonds to cover a reasonable length of time for defects to be discovered.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
