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- W. Va. Code § 8-15-3 · Municipalities empowered and authorized to contract for prevention and extinguishment of fires beyond the corporate limits.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-4 · Power and authority to form fire companies; recordation of statement; organization.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-5 · Duties of company members; meetings to inspect equipment; report; penalty for noncompliance.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-6 · Dissolution of volunteer fire company.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-7 · Incorporation of volunteer fire companies; duties and obligations; dissolution.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-7a · Audit or financial examination of volunteer fire companies.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-8 · Support of volunteer fire company; return of property upon dissolution.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-8a · Eligibility for allocation from municipal pensions and protection fund and the Fire Protection Fund.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-8b · Authorized expenditures of revenues from the Municipal Pensions and Protection Fund and the Fire Protection Fund; deductions for unauthorized expenditures; record retention.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-8c · Donation of equipment.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-9 · Establishment and maintenance of paid fire department.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-10 · Hours of duty for firemen in a paid fire department.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-10a · Holiday compensation for firefighters.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-10b · Mandatory safety procedures for situations deemed immediately dangerous to life and health.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-11 · Qualifications for appointment or promotion to positions in paid fire departments to be ascertained by examination; provisions exclusive as to appointments, etc.; rights of certain chiefs; "appointing officer" defined.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-12 · Firemen's civil service commission generally.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-13 · Recorder ex officio clerk of commission; clerical and stenographic services.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-14 · Rooms, stationery, etc., to be furnished by municipality; appropriations required.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-15 · Powers, authority and duties of firemen's civil service commission.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-16 · Rules for all examinations; probationary appointments.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-16a · Apprenticeship programs.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-17 · Form of application; age and residency requirements; exceptions.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-18 · Character and notice of competitive examinations; qualifications of applicants; press representatives; posting eligible list; medical examinations.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-18a · Individual review of test and answers from promotional examination.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-19 · Refusal to examine or certify; review thereof.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-20 · Appointments from list of eligible applicants; special examinations for electricians or mechanics.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-20a · Special examination for firefighter paramedic.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-21 · Noncompetitive examination for filling vacancy; provisional appointment.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-22 · Vacancies filled by promotions; eligibility for promotion.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-23 · No inquiry shall be made concerning political or religious opinions or affiliations of applicants, etc.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-24 · Political activities of members prohibited; exceptions.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-25 · Removal, discharge, suspension or reduction in rank or pay; hearing; attorney fees; appeal; reduction in number of members.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-26 · Offenses and penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-27 · Repeal of conflicting acts and provisions; civil service provisions of article exclusive; status or tenure not affected.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15-28 · Awarding service weapon upon retirement.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15A-1 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15A-2 · Original appointments.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15A-3 · Professional firefighters certification board of apprenticeship and training.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15A-4 · Duties of the professional firefighters certification board of apprenticeship and training.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15A-5 · Certification requirements.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15A-6 · Review of certification.
- W. Va. Code § 8-15A-7 · Compliance.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-1 · OF MUNICIPAL PUBLIC WORKS.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-2 · Municipalities authorized to construct, etc., public works and to acquire property; payment of costs.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-3 · Special provisions as to certain municipal public works.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-4 · Construction, etc., to be under control of governing body or appointed board, etc.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-4a · Additional special provisions as to motor vehicle parking facilities.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-4b · Additional special provision as to the use of space in motor vehicle parking facilities.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-5 · Powers of board; bidding requirements; emergency repairs.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-6 · Preliminary expenses.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-7 · Ordinance for construction, etc., of works.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-8 · Right of eminent domain.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-9 · Bonds for improvements, etc., of works.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-10 · Items of expense included in cost of works.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-11 · No municipality is to incur any obligation not payable from proceeds of bonds; exemption from taxation.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-12 · Interest rate and life of bonds; redemption; how payable; form, denominations, etc.; additional bonds authorized; interim certificates.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-13 · Obligations not to bind municipal official or officer or member of board personally.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-14 · Additional bonds for improvements, etc., of works.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-15 · How proceeds of bonds applied.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-16 · Bonds secured by trust indenture between municipality or municipalities and corporate trustee.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-17 · Sinking fund; West Virginia Municipal Bond Commission; transfer of funds; purchase of outstanding bonds.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-18 · Rates, fees, or charges for services rendered by works.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-18a · Pledge of the hotel occupancy tax; contribution of revenues to building commission.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-19 · §8-16-19
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-20 · Accounting system; yearly audit; custodian of funds.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-21 · Governmental entities to pay established rates, fees or charges for services rendered to it or them.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-22 · Statutory mortgage lien upon works created.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-23 · Acquisition of property on which lien exists.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-24 · Protection and enforcement of rights of bondholders, etc.; receivership; effect of receivership on lease agreement.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-25 · Article confers additional power and authority; extraterritorial jurisdiction.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-26 · Construction of power and authority conferred.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-27 · Article liberally construed.
- W. Va. Code § 8-16-28 · Reference to "municipal authorities" or "municipal authority" elsewhere in law to mean "governing body" for the purposes of this article only.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-1 · Purpose of article; liberal construction.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-2 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-3 · IMPROVEMENTS -- PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-4 · Petition and bond; action of governing body; memorandum of engineer.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-5 · Hearing on adverse report in engineer's memorandum; notice thereof; modification of memorandum; expenses charged to petitioner upon failure of petition.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-6 · When petition for improvement is to be granted.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-7 · Procedure when petitioner to pay all of total cost.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-8 · Procedure when total cost to be apportioned among all abutters.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-9 · Accomplishment of the improvement; use of municipal employees and equipment; contracts; account of costs.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-10 · Apportionment among petitioners only; limit on total cost chargeable to petitioners; notice.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-11 · Apportionment among all abutters; limit on total cost chargeable to abutters; engineer's report; notice; hearings; correcting and laying assessments.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-12 · Assessments where property owned or controlled by public, charitable, eleemosynary, educational or religious institutions; duty of those in charge to cause assessments to be paid.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-13 · Due date of assessments; statement of amount in default to petitioner.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-14 · Due date of charges against petitioner; collection on bond; petitioner's right of action.
- W. Va. Code § 8-17-15 · Cumulative authority.
- W. Va. Code § 8-18-1 · Power and authority of municipalities relating to street, sidewalk, sewer and other permanent improvements.
- W. Va. Code § 8-18-2 · Petition of abutting property owners for improvement; improvements without petition.
- W. Va. Code § 8-18-3 · Notice to abutting owners before authorizing improvements; form of notice; affidavit of publication.
- W. Va. Code § 8-18-4 · Ordinance or resolution authorizing improvements; approval of plans, specifications and estimates; provisions for advertisement of bids and payment of cost; default.
- W. Va. Code § 8-18-5 · Report on completion; notice to abutting owners of assessments; hearings; correcting and laying assessments.
- W. Va. Code § 8-18-6 · Construction of sewers and sewer systems; assessments; corner lots, etc.
- W. Va. Code § 8-18-7 · What total cost to include.
- W. Va. Code § 8-18-8 · Apportionment and assessment of cost.
- W. Va. Code § 8-18-9 · Assessment against property of public, charitable, eleemosynary, educational or religious institutions; duty of those in charge to cause assessments to be paid.
- W. Va. Code § 8-18-10 · Liens; recording notice of liens; suit for enforcement; priority.
- W. Va. Code § 8-18-11 · How assessments may be evidenced.
- W. Va. Code § 8-18-12 · FUNDS TO BE REPAID BY ASSESSMENTS.