W. Va. Code § 22-4-28: Persons ineligible for a permit.

No public officer or employee in the division having any responsibility or duty either directly or of a supervisory nature with respect to the administration or enforcement of this article may:

(1) Engage in quarrying as a sole proprietor or as a partner;

(2) Be an officer, director, stockholder, owner or part owner of any corporation or other business entity engaged in quarrying; or

(3) Be employed as an attorney, agent or in any other capacity by any person, partnership, firm, association, trust or corporation engaged in quarrying.

Any violation of this section by any public officer or employee subject to the prohibitions contained in this section is grounds for removal from office or dismissal from employment, as the case may be.