West Virginia Code 8-22-15 – Action by city required before new provisions are applicable
Notwithstanding any provisions in sections two through fourteen of this article to the contrary, the provisions of said sections two through fourteen shall not be applicable to any fund established by any city prior to the effective date of this section, unless and until such city shall by ordinance provide for the application thereof. In the absence of any such ordinance, any such established fund shall be governed and controlled by and administered in accordance with the provisions of chapter one hundred fourteen, acts of the Legislature, regular session, 1947, and the amendments by (1) chapter ninety-two, acts of the Legislature, regular session, 1949, (2) chapter one hundred twenty-nine, acts of the Legislature, regular session, 1955, and (3) chapter thirty-nine, acts of the Legislature, regular session, 1968, if and only if an ordinance were adopted on and after May 8, 1968, and prior to the effective date of this section providing for the application of said chapter thirty-nine.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 8-22-15
- City: is a word of art and shall mean, include, and be limited to any Class I, Class II, and Class III city, as classified in section three of this article (except in those instances where the context in which used clearly indicates that a particular class of city is intended), heretofore or hereafter incorporated as a municipal corporation under the laws of this state, however created and whether operating under: (i) A special legislative charter. See West Virginia Code 8-1-2
- Ordinance: shall mean the ordinances and laws enacted by the governing body of a municipality in the exercise of its legislative power, and in one or more articles of this chapter, ordinances enacted by a county commission. See West Virginia Code 8-1-2