The Senate Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure evaluated the committee substitute of SB 210 at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
SB 210 provides for the fair distribution of costs for county development, which would consist of authorizing the assessment and collection of fees to offset the cost of development, including industrial development, within those counties.
Several legilators on the committee were concerned with what counties would be elligible for the provisions of the bill, as well as how the infrastructure projects would be funded and carried out.
The counsel Marey Casey said SB 210 is very similar to the SB 12 that the committee passed last year. Casey made technical corrections to the originally introduced bill, accounting for the committee substitute that appeared before the committee in this meeting.
SB 210 has not yet been approved by the committee. Once approved, the bill will be sent to the Senate Finance Committee.
In the meantime, a subcommittee has been formed to look at SB 210 in more depth, with Senator Chandler Swope (R-Mercer) as the Chair and Senators Robert Plymale (D-Wayne) and Mark Maynard (R-Wayne) as members.
Marshall County Commission President Robert A. Miller, Jr. testified before the committee to show his support for the bill’s passage, along with Mark Porter of the Public Service Commission and Lisa Dooley of the West Virginia Municipal League.
Members also adopted the rules and agenda for the committee, as well as the motion to have witnesses swear under oath before testifying before the committee.
