West Virginia Code
Article 1. Water Development Authority
§22C-1-8. Expenditure of Funds for Study and Engineering of Proposed Projects

With the approval and the consent of the board, either the director of the Division of Environmental Protection or the commissioner of the bureau of public health, or both of them, shall expend, out of any funds available for the purpose, such moneys as are necessary for the study of any proposed water development project and may use its engineering and other forces, including consulting engineers and sanitary engineers, for the purpose of effecting such study. All such expenses incurred by the director or commissioner prior to the issuance of water development revenue bonds or notes under this article shall be paid by the director or commissioner and charged to the appropriate water development project and the director and commissioner shall keep proper records and accounts, showing the amounts so charged. Upon the sale of water development revenue bonds or notes for a water development project, the funds so expended by the director or commissioner, with the approval of the authority, in connection with such project, shall be repaid to the Division of Environmental Protection or bureau of public health from the proceeds of such bonds or notes.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 22C. Environmental Resources; Boards, Authorities, Commissions and Compacts

Article 1. Water Development Authority

§22C-1-1. Short Title

§22C-1-2. Declaration of Policy and Responsibility; Purpose and Intent of Article; Findings

§22C-1-3. Definitions

§22C-1-4. Water Development Authority; Water Development Board; Organization of Authority and Board; Appointment of Board Members; Their Term of Office, Compensation and Expenses; Director of Authority; Compensation

§22C-1-5. Authority May Construct, Finance, Maintain, etc., Water Development Projects; Loans to Governmental Agencies Are Subject to Terms of Loan Agreements

§22C-1-6. Powers, Duties, and Responsibilities of Authority Generally

§22C-1-6a. Additional Powers of the West Virginia Water Development Authority; Creation of Economic Enhancement Grant Fund

§22C-1-7. Power of Authority to Collect Service Charges and Exercise Other Powers of Governmental Agencies in Event of Default; Power to Require Governmental Agencies to Enforce Their Rights

§22C-1-8. Expenditure of Funds for Study and Engineering of Proposed Projects

§22C-1-9. Authority Empowered to Issue Water Development Revenue Bonds, Renewal Notes and Refunding Bonds; Requirements and Manner of Such Issuance

§22C-1-10. Trustee for Bondholders; Contents of Trust Agreement

§22C-1-11. Trust Agreements for Related Responsibilities; Reimbursements

§22C-1-12. Legal Remedies of Bondholders and Trustees

§22C-1-13. Bonds and Notes Not Debt of State, County, Municipality or of Any Political Subdivision; Expenses Incurred Pursuant to Article

§22C-1-14. Use of Funds by Authority; Restrictions Thereon

§22C-1-15. Investment of Funds by Authority

§22C-1-16. Rentals and Other Revenues From Water Development Projects Owned by the Authority; Contracts and Leases of the Authority; Cooperation of Other Governmental Agencies; Bonds of Such Agencies

§22C-1-17. Maintenance, Operation and Repair of Projects; Reports by Authority to Governor and Legislature

§22C-1-18. Water Development Bonds Lawful Investments

§22C-1-19. Purchase and Cancellation of Notes or Bonds

§22C-1-20. Refunding Bonds

§22C-1-21. Exemption From Taxation

§22C-1-22. Acquisition of Property by Authority -- Acquisition by Purchase; Governmental Agencies Authorized to Convey, etc., Property

§22C-1-23. Same -- Acquisition Under Subdivision (10), Section Six of This Article; Property of Public Utilities and Common Carriers; Relocation, Restoration, etc., of Highways and Public Utility Facilities

§22C-1-24. Financial Interest in Contracts Prohibited; Penalty

§22C-1-25. Meetings and Records of Authority to Be Kept Public

§22C-1-26. Liberal Construction of Article

§22C-1-27. Authorized Limit on Borrowing