{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-3-1b-3","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 3-1B-3","heading":"Powers and duties of the commission.","body":"In addition to the powers and duties of the commission as prescribed in section five, article one-a of this chapter, the commission has:\n(a) The power to issue advisory opinions on whether an action or proposed action of a subscribing candidate violates the code of fair campaign practices;\n(b) The duty to prepare and distribute copies of the code of fair campaign practices to voters, circuit clerks, county clerks and other election officials;\n(c) The duty to receive, investigate and act on complaints or other information concerning noncompliance with the code by candidates for public office who subscribe to the code; and\n(d) The duty to make public the name and identity of candidates subscribing to the code and the findings of compliance or noncompliance with the code upon the conclusion of a hearing conducted pursuant to section four of this article.","path":["CHAPTER 3. ELECTIONS.","ARTICLE 1B. FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/3-1B-3/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:19:31Z","sha256":"22b04aa8e21728da157fadf3a8c1a1f1117687a40c42bd2bc48e14aa48955ecb","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-3-1b-2","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-3-1b-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}