2005 West Virginia Code - §24E-1-11. — Termination of board; transfer of duties and title to works to counties and public service commission; legislative and emergency rules for standards; legislative and emergency rules for standard fees to be charged by counties for digital or other maps, compilations or other works.

§24E-1-11. Termination of board; transfer of duties and title to works to counties and public service commission; legislative and emergency rules for standards; legislative and emergency rules for standard fees to be charged by counties for digital or other maps, compilations or other works.

(a) The board shall terminate the first day of April, two thousand seven, pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished pursuant to the provisions of that article. The board shall, as its last official act prior to its termination, transfer all right, title and interest to any maps, compilations or other works that may be created as a result of the statewide addressing and mapping intended to be accomplished by this article to the respective county commissions.
(b) Upon the termination of the board, county commissions shall maintain and update the addressing and mapping systems within their respective jurisdictions under the standards established by the board, as updated thereafter by the public service commission under this section.
(c) Upon termination of the board, the public service commission shall, from time to time as it finds reasonable and in the public interest, maintain and update the standards for statewide addressing and mapping in accordance with the procedures for rulemaking under section seven, article one, chapter twenty-four of this code.
(d) The public service commission is hereby authorized to prescribe rules, in accordance with the procedures for rulemaking under section seven, article one, chapter twenty-four of this code and effective upon termination of the board, for standard fees to be charged by county commissions for copies or use of any maps, compilations or other works created as a result of the statewide addressing and mapping to be accomplished by this article and to be maintained and updated by the county commissions after the termination of the board. The rules must include the exemptions provided under section nine of this article. The fees established by the rules must be reasonable and must, to the extent possible, be based on cost. The public service commission shall, from time to time as it finds reasonable and in the public interest, revise and update these rules, including, without limitation, the standard fees to be charged.