West Virginia Code
Article 13. Sewage Works and Stormwater Works
§16-13-22. Powers Conferred in Addition to Existing Powers; Jurisdiction Outside Corporate Limits

The authority herein given shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any power existing in any municipality under any statutory or charter provisions which it may now have or hereafter adopt. For all purposes of this article, all municipal corporations shall have jurisdiction for twenty miles outside the corporate limits thereof: Provided, That for stormwater systems, within the twenty miles beyond the municipality's corporate limits the only areas the municipality may serve and supply shall be those areas from which stormwater affects or drains into the municipality.
The jurisdiction and authority provided by this section does not extend to highways, road and drainage easements, and/or stormwater facilities constructed, owned and/or operated by the West Virginia Division of Highways.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 16. Public Health

Article 13. Sewage Works and Stormwater Works

§16-13-1. Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Works; Acquisition of Property; Issuance of Bonds

§16-13-2. Sanitary Board to Supervise and Control Construction, etc., of Works; Appointment of Board; Definitions

§16-13-3. Powers of Sanitary Board; Contracts; Employees; Compensation Thereof; Extensions and Improvements; Replacement of Damaged Public Works

§16-13-4. Payment of Preliminary Expenses of Surveys, etc.

§16-13-5. Ordinance Necessary Before Acquisition or Construction of Works

§16-13-6. Publication and Hearing Upon Ordinance

§16-13-7. Acquisition by Condemnation or Purchase

§16-13-8. Cost of Works

§16-13-9. Contracts and Obligations Incurred to Be Paid for Solely by Revenue Bonds

§16-13-10. Interest on and Redemption of Bonds; Form; Statement on Face of Bond; Negotiability; Exemption From Taxation; Registration; Execution; Sale; Disposition of Surplus Proceeds; Additional and Temporary Bonds

§16-13-11. Additional Bonds to Extend or Improve Works

§16-13-12. Additional Bonds for Extension, etc., of Works to Have Equal Priority With Original Bonds

§16-13-13. Application of Revenue From Bonds; Lien

§16-13-14. Securing Bonds by Trust Indenture

§16-13-15. Sinking Fund; Transfer of Balance of Net Revenues

§16-13-16. Rates for Service; Deposit Required for New Customers; Forfeiture of Deposit; Reconnecting Deposit; Tenant S Deposit; Change or Readjustment; Hearing; Lien and Recovery; Discontinuance of Services

§16-13-17. Government Units Subject to Established Rates

§16-13-18. Supervision of Works by Sanitary Board; Organization of Board; Qualifications, Terms and Compensation of Members

§16-13-18a. Publication of Financial Statement

§16-13-19. Contract With Other Municipalities for Service of Works; Powers of Lessee as to Rates; Intercepting Sewers

§16-13-20. Discharge of Lien on Property Acquired

§16-13-21. Action on Certificates or Attached Coupons; Receivers

§16-13-22. Powers Conferred in Addition to Existing Powers; Jurisdiction Outside Corporate Limits

§16-13-22a. Grants, Loans and Advances

§16-13-22b. Contracts for Abatement of Pollution

§16-13-22c. Refunding Bonds

§16-13-22d. Subordination of Bonds

§16-13-22e. Operating Contract

§16-13-22f. Exemption of Bonds From Taxation

§16-13-22g. Covenants With Bondholders

§16-13-23. Article Deemed Full Authority for Construction, etc., of Works and Issue of Bonds; Alternative Method; Powers of State Department of Health Unaffected

§16-13-23a. Additional Powers of Municipality to Cease Pollution

§16-13-24. Article to Be Construed Liberally