2010 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 8. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
ARTICLE 18. ASSESSMENTS TO IMPROVE STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND SEWERS; SEWER CONNECTIONS AND BOARD OF HEALTH; ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY TO PAY FOR SERVICE.
§8-18-20. Liberal construction of article; validity and enforcement of assessments when bond issue for same improvements.
PART XI. CONSTRUCTION.§8-18-20. Liberal construction of article; validity and
enforcement of assessments when bond issue for same
improvements.
This article shall be liberally construed to accomplish the
purpose of providing reasonable, economical and expeditious means
for municipalities to provide permanent improvements and to assure
to the contractors making such improvements, or persons directly or
indirectly financing the same, security in the payment of the cost
and expense of such improvements; and nothing in this article shall
be construed as imposing a time limit on a certificate holder or
bondholder for the enforcement of his rights.
Moreover, the validity and enforcement of the assessments in this article provided shall not be impaired by the issuance and sale of bonds, as provided in article one of chapter thirteen of this code, for the same improvements, nor by the application, in whole or in part, of the proceeds of any such bond issue to the cost of any such improvement prior to collection of said assessments.
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