The authority and the members thereof shall constitute and be a public corporation under the name provided for in section one, and as such shall have perpetual succession, may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be pleaded, and have and use a common seal.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers
Article 12. County and Municipal Development Authorities
§7-12-1. Establishment Authorized; Name; Exceptions
§7-12-4. Qualifications of Members
§7-12-6. Authority to Be a Public Corporation
§7-12-8. Incurring Indebtedness; Rights of Creditors
§7-12-9. Agreements in Connection With Obtaining Funds
§7-12-9a. Joint Undertakings by County Development Authorities
§7-12-9b. Joint Development Entities
§7-12-10. Property, Bonds and Obligations of Authority Exempt From Taxation
§7-12-11. Participation and Appropriations Authorized; Transfers and Conveyances of Property
§7-12-13. Sale or Lease of Property; Reversion of Assets Upon Dissolution
§7-12-14. Employees to Be Covered by Workers' Compensation