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
Article 13. Sewage Works and Stormwater Works
§16-13-1. Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Works; Acquisition of Property; Issuance of Bonds
§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
§16-13-9. Contracts and Obligations Incurred to Be Paid for Solely by Revenue 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
§16-13-17. Government Units Subject to Established Rates
§16-13-18a. Publication of Financial Statement
§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
§16-13-22d. Subordination of Bonds
§16-13-22e. Operating Contract
§16-13-22f. Exemption of Bonds From Taxation
§16-13-22g. Covenants With Bondholders
§16-13-23a. Additional Powers of Municipality to Cease Pollution