House Energy and Public Works met this afternoon.
Markup & Passage
House Bill 2742 creates a limited waiver from the certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or server service projects.
Naming Resolutions
House Concurrent Resolution 5 names the bridge carrying CR 050 over Glady Creek in Lewis County, the “U.S. Army PFC William Harrison Lowther Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 6 names the bridge carrying CR 16/18 over Buffalo Creek in Logan County, the “U.S. Army Warrant Officer Private Sidney Washington Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 7 names the bridge carrying US Route 35 over Lower Nine Mile Road, WV Route 38, in Mason County, the “U. S. Army Private First-Class John Wesley Meadows Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 8 names the bridge carrying CR 009/01 over Copperas Mine Fork in Logan County, the “U.S. Army PFC Lester E. Maynard Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 9 names the bridge carrying CR 079/03 over Cabin Creek at Dry Branch in Kanawha County, the “Robert S. Pomeroy Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 10 names a portion of Knobley Road, beginning where U.S. Route 50 meets WV Route 9 and ending where WV Route 9 meets WV Route 18 in Mineral County, the “U. S. Marine Corps PFC Robert Thomas Taylor Memorial Road.”
House Concurrent Resolution 11 names the Fifth Street Bridge carrying WV 014 over Little Kanawha River in Wood County, the “Thomas A. Azinger Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 12 names the Hundred Covered Bridge carrying CR 013 over WV Fork Fish Creek in Wetzel County, the “Charles ‘Charlie’ Goff Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 13 names the Cameron Ridge Bridge, carrying CR 023 over Grave Creek in Marshall County as the “Corporal James E. Jackley Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 15 names the bridge carrying IS 077 over CR 48 in Raleigh County, the “U.S. Marines PFC Delbert Carles Roles Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 18 names the Johnsontown Bridge carrying WV 009 over Tilhance Creek in Berkeley County, the “Paul J. Hofe Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 20 names the Stewart Street Bridge carrying CR 250/12 over the West Virginia Fork of Fish Creek in Wetzel County, the “U. S. Tustin Brothers Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 21 names the Church Fork Bridge carrying US 250 over Church Fork Creek in Wetzel County, the “U. S. Army Private Terry F. Tustin Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 22 names a portion of the Greentown Loop Road in Oak Hill, Fayette County, beginning at the Intersection of US 19 and WV 16 and ending at the intersection of Meadow Fork Road, the “James Monroe Ellis Memorial Road.”
House Concurrent Resolution 23 names the Dunloup Creek Bridge #1, carrying Thurmond Road/CR 25 over Dunloup Creek in Fayette County, the “U. S. Army Private First Class Calvin Esco Spade Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 24 names the Littleton Bridge carrying US 250 over the West Virginia Fork of Fish Creek in Wetzel County, the “Postlethwait Brothers Memorial Bridge”.
House Concurrent Resolution 25 names the section of road located on U.S. Route 250 just North of the Moundsville city limits to just North of the intersection of W.V. Route 891 to the “Waynesburg Pike Road” and have an additional sign placed at the intersection of W.V. Route 88 and U.S. Route 250.
House Concurrent Resolution 26 names the Bradshaw Creek Bridge carrying County Route 12 over Bradshaw Creek in Summers County, the “U. S. Army Airforce Staff Sergeant Jimmie M. Hutchison Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 27 names the Laurel Dale Road in Mineral County, the “U. S. Army Brigadier General Edmund Francis Roleff Memorial Road.”
House Concurrent Resolution 28 names a portion of War Ridge Road, beginning at the intersection of War Ridge Road and Ballengee Road in Summers County, to the intersection of War Ridge Road and Little Stoney Creek Road in Monroe County, the “U. S. Army Private First Class Frank Maddy Memorial Road.”
House Concurrent Resolution 29 names 2.9 miles of County Route 9, also known as Knobley Road, from its intersection with County Route 16 (Headsville Road) southward to its intersection with County Route 14 (Limestone Road), the “Sheriff Jeremy Taylor Memorial Road”.
House Concurrent Resolution 31 names the Dunbar Toll Bridge, carrying 10th Street over Kanawha River in Kanawha County, the “U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Quewanncoii “Que” C. Stephens, Sr. Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 32 names Colcord Bridge carrying CR 01/04 over Clear Fork in Raleigh County, the “U. S. Army PVT Leon ‘Deacon’ Stover Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 34 names Mouth of Seneca Bridge, carrying WV 28 and WV 55 over Seneca Creek in Pendleton County, the “U. S. Merchant Marine J. Ward Teter Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 35 names a portion of Main Street East in Fayette County, beginning at the intersection with Patterson Avenue and ending with the intersection with Lochgelly Road, the “U. S. Air Force Sergeant Thomas Madison Oxley Memorial Road.”
House Concurrent Resolution 36 names the Main Street Bridge in Fayette County, the “U. S. Marine Corps Private First-Class Darrell Lee Burgess Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 37 names the bridge carrying Interstate 64 over Broad Hollow Road in Wayne County, the “CPT Ray Leslie Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 39 names a portion of Route 2 in Benwood, Marshall County, as the “Gold Star Mother Catherine Blake Highway”, with two gold stars after her name.
House Concurrent Resolution 42 names the Rocky Fork Bridge carrying County Route 622 over Rocky Fork Creek in Kanawha County, the “U. S. Army Corporal Kenneth H. Tinsley Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 44 names the Ashton Woods Bridge carrying CR 055/20 over US 48X in Hardy County, the “U. S. Army SP4 Charles W. Wolfe Memorial Bridge.”
House Concurrent Resolution 45 names the New Buzzard Ford Bridge carrying CR 013 over the South Branch Potomac River in Hardy County, the “Charlotte Denise Seymore Hill Memorial Bridge.”
Committee Hearings
House Bill 2393 requires reporting from the Mountaineer Trail Network Authority each year to the Joint Committee on Economic Development.
House Bill 2451 creates home-based businesses for the manufacture, provision, or sale of goods or services in the owner’s residential dwelling. The business must be a “no-impact” business, meaning the number of employees and clients do not exceed the municipal occupancy capacity, business activities are limited to the sale of lawful goods and services, do not generate increased traffic or parking needs, occur in the home or the yard, and are not visible from the street.
House Bill 2479 drops the number of required members for an economic development authority from 12 to seven.
House Bill 2835 creates the WV Infrastructure Deployment Clearinghouse.
House Bill 2856 allows for the installation of broadband fiber optics on property with conservation easements.
House Bill 2878 requires railroad companies and the Division of Highways to enter into a memorandum of understanding for construction and maintenance activities. The companies are required to provide alternative entry and exit ways.
House Bill 3135 creates a new crime for obstructing highways or passageways. The bill was explained as obstructing in protest. Initially, the crime is a misdemeanor with a $500 fine and imprisonment of at least a month. If the person commits the crime in an aggravating manner, the crime is a felony with a fine of at least $1,000 and imprisonment for 3 months to 3 years.
House Bill 3144 encourages the development of wireless infrastructure.
House Bill 3146 lowers the number of applicants of a military organization for a special plate from 100 to 50.
House Bill 3231 requires lessees of West Virginia real estate who make natural resources royalty payments for in-state property to any nonresident lessor to withhold West Virginia personal income tax on natural resources royalty payments. This applies to lessors who owe more than $1,000.
