West Virginia Code
Chapter 20. Natural Resources
Article 1. Organization and Administration

§20-1-1. Purposes and Objects of Chapter; How Chapter Cited - This chapter is enacted to provide a comprehensive program for...

§20-1-2. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires...

§20-1-3. Division of Natural Resources, Office of Director and Commission Established - A Division of Natural Resources, the office of director of...

§20-1-4. Director to Be Chief Executive Officer; Appointment, Term and Qualifications; Vacancy; Removal - The director shall be the chief executive officer of the...

§20-1-5. Salary, Expenses, Oath and Bond of Director - The director shall receive an annual salary as provided in...

§20-1-6. Offices and Office Hours - The director shall arrange with the General Services Division of...

§20-1-7. Additional Powers, Duties and Services of Director - NOTE: West Virginia Code 20-1-17 was amended by two bills...

§20-1-8. Personnel Management - A merit system of personnel management shall be established and...

§20-1-9. Fiscal Management - Subject to any controlling rules and regulations of the department...

§20-1-10. Property Management - (a) The division shall maintain at all times an accurate...

§20-1-10a. Authority to Convey Land to County Board of Education for Educational Purposes - To further an appreciation and understanding of the outdoors by...

§20-1-11. Public Relations - The department shall collect, organize and from time to time...

§20-1-12. Surveys and Planning - As departmental projects or in cooperation with other governmental or...

§20-1-13. Law Enforcement and Legal Services - The director shall select and designate a competent and qualified...

§20-1-14. Sections Within Division - Sections of wildlife resources and of law enforcement are hereby...

§20-1-16. Natural Resources Commission - Generally - (a) The Natural Resources Commission, created and established by 20-1-3...

§20-1-17. Natural Resources Commission -- Organization and Services - (a) Members of the Natural Resources Commission shall take and...

§20-1-18. Government Cooperation; Projects; Finances; Properties - In addition to all other powers and authority vested in...

§20-1-18a. Cooperation With Federal Government in Wildlife Restoration and Management - The state of West Virginia hereby assents to the provisions...

§20-1-18b. Cooperation With Federal Government in Fish Restoration and Management - The state of West Virginia hereby assents to the provisions...

§20-1-18c. Cooperation With Federal Government in Management of Federal Lands Within the State - The Legislature recognizes that there are large areas of this...

§20-1-19. West Virginia State Parks and State Forests - (a) The state parks of West Virginia are: (1) Audra;...

§20-1-20. Limitations on State Parks and State Forests; Exceptions - (a)(1) The Legislature finds that the acquisition of land to...