2013 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 21. LABOR
ARTICLE 15. ZIPLINE AND CANOPY TOUR RESPONSIBILITY ACT.
§21-15-7. Inspection and permit fees..

. (a) The Division shall charge inspection and permit fees. The annual permit fee is $100.00 for each zipline or canopy tour.

(1) The annual inspection fee, if an inspection is to be done by the Division, is $100.00 for each zipline or canopy tour.

(2) The annual inspection fee, if an inspection is to be done by the Division, is due at the time of application for the annual permit.

(3) The Division shall waive the inspection fee for a zipline or canopy tour whose operator provides proof of nonprofit business status or for any zipline or canopy tour whose operator provides proof that an inspection has been completed within the last year by a certified special inspector as provided in section nine of this article.

(b) The Division may charge additional inspection fees equal to the annual inspection fee for additional inspections required as the result of the condemnation of a device for safety standards violations and for inspections required as a result of accidents involving serious or fatal injury. If any operator requires an inspection as the result of a violation of the permitting requirements of section nine of this article, the Division shall charge the operator $75.00 per hour in addition to the established inspection fee, including travel time.

(c) All fees received shall be deposited in a special revenue account in the State Treasury known as the "Amusement Rides and Amusement Attractions Safety Fund". The Division may use moneys from the fund for the purpose of enforcement of the provisions of this article. Expenditures are not authorized from collections, but are to be made only in accordance with appropriation by the Legislature and in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twelve of this code and upon fulfillment of the provisions of article two, chapter eleven-b of this code.

(d) No inspection fee may be charged public agencies.