{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-7-2","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 15-7-2","heading":"Declaration of policy.","body":"The Legislature declares: (1) That recent technological developments make possible an enemy attack of unprecedented destructiveness, which may result in the death of inability to act of a large proportion of the membership of the Legislature; (2) that to conform in time of attack to existing legal requirements pertaining to the Legislature would be impracticable, would admit of undue delay, and would jeopardize continuity of operation of a legally constituted Legislature; and (3) that it is therefore necessary to adopt special provisions as hereinafter set out for the effective operation of the Legislature.","path":["CHAPTER 15. PUBLIC SAFETY.","ARTICLE 7. EMERGENCY INTERIM LEGISLATIVE SUCCESSION ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/15-7-2/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:22:52Z","sha256":"d7ffb62e2ed2f51a2bb0e07a530c7f7ff2803ca45e85c05f7e591df07ecc4384","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-7-1","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-7-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}