(a) A municipality that has adopted an anti-littering ordinance pursuant to section five of this article may provide, by ordinance, for the appointment of special litter prevention officers to aid in the enforcement of the municipal anti-littering ordinance.
(b) The ordinance enacted, pursuant to this section, must specify the duties to be performed by the special litter prevention officers and the required training such officers must undertake prior to commencement of their duties.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a special litter prevention officer may be presently employed by the municipality in another capacity. In the performance of the duties of special litter prevention officer, such officers shall be vested with the power to issue a citation, issue a summons, and sign a complaint. Such officers shall display at all times a badge or other sign of authority issued by the municipality.
(d) The governing body of the municipality may require such special litter prevention officers to give bond, payable to the municipality, in its corporate name, with such sureties and such penalties as the governing body may see fit, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations
§8-12-1. General Corporate Powers of All Municipalities
§8-12-2. Home Rule Powers for All Cities
§8-12-3. Creation by Charter Provision of Certain Independent City Boards
§8-12-4. Power to Provide by Charter for Initiative, Referendum and Recall
§8-12-5. General Powers of Every Municipality and the Governing Body Thereof
§8-12-5d. Regulation of Amateur Radio Antennas
§8-12-5e. Authority to Enter Into Energy-Savings Contracts
§8-12-5f. Regulation of Taxicabs and Taxi Stands
§8-12-6. Membership in Association or League
§8-12-7. Power and Authority to Purchase Insurance and to Indemnify Officers, Agents and Employees
§8-12-8. Group Insurance Programs Authorized
§8-12-10. Purchasing; Competitive Bidding
§8-12-12. Power and Authority to Lease, Establish, Maintain and Operate Off-Street Parking Facility
§8-12-13. Building Regulation; General and Special Codes; State Building Code
§8-12-14. Permits for Construction and Alteration
§8-12-15. Municipal Inspection
§8-12-16a. Registration of Uninhabitable Property
§8-12-16b. Special Litter Prevention Officers
§8-12-16d. Additional Powers and Duties of Municipalities; Areas of Special or Unique Interest
§8-12-17. Sale or Lease of Municipal Public Utility
§8-12-18. Sale, Lease, or Disposition of Other Municipal Property
§8-12-19. Extraterritorial Exercise of Powers and Authority
§8-12-20. Authorizing Municipalities to Enact Adopt-a-Street Programs
§8-12-21. Restriction on the Regulation of Trades, Occupations, and Professions
§8-12-22. Foreclosure Actions Involving Abandoned Properties
§8-12-24. Dedication to or Naming Municipal Property for Office Holder Prohibited
§8-12-25. Authorizing Certain Municipalities to Create a Pension Funding Program