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2015 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 8. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
ARTICLE 12. GENERAL AND SPECIFIC POWERS, DUTIES AND ALLIED RELATIONS OF MUNICIPALITIES, GOVERNING BODIES AND MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; SUITS AGAINST MUNICIPALITIES.
- §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.
- §8-12-3a. Cities authorized to create department of development and transfer planning functions of certain independent agencies to such department; authorizing related ordinances and resolutions.
- §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.
- §8-12-5a. Limitations upon municipalities' power to restrict the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, transport, sale and storage of certain weapons and ammunition.
- §8-12-5b. Municipal authority to enact ordinance; ordinance provisions defining terms; restricting certain activities in relation to obscene matters and establishing penalties for violations.
- §8-12-5c. Authority to enact ordinance restricting the location of businesses offering exotic entertainment.
- §8-12-5d. Regulation of amateur radio antennas.
- §8-12-5e. Authority to enter into energy-savings contracts.
- §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.
- §8-12-9. Power and authority to enact ordinance prohibiting discrimination with respect to housing accommodations.
- §8-12-10. Purchasing; competitive bidding.
- §8-12-11. Lease agreements for equipment or materials with option to cancel or renew for one year authorized.
- §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.
- §8-12-14a.
- §8-12-15. Municipal inspection.
- §8-12-16. Ordinances regulating the repair, closing, demolition, etc., of dwellings or buildings unfit for human habitation; procedures.
- §8-12-16a. Registration of uninhabitable property.
- §8-12-16b. Special litter prevention officers.
- §8-12-16c. Registration of vacant buildings; registration fees; procedures for administration and enforcement.
- §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.
- §8-12-5f. Regulation of taxicabs and taxi stands.
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