22C-3-1 Short title
22C-3-2 Legislative findings; declaration of policy and responsibility; purpose and intent of article
22C-3-3 Definitions
22C-3-4 Solid Waste Management Board; organization of board; appointment and qualification of board members; their term of office, compensation, and expenses; director of board
22C-3-5 Board to designate and establish disposal sheds; construction, maintenance, etc., of disposal projects; loan agreements; compliance with federal and state law
22C-3-6 Powers, duties and responsibilities of board generally
22C-3-7 Development of state solid waste management plan
22C-3-8 Power of board to collect service charges and exercise other powers of governmental agencies in event of default; power to require governmental agencies to enforce their rights
22C-3-9 Development and designation of solid waste disposal sheds by board
22C-3-10 Board empowered to issue solid waste disposal revenue bonds, renewal notes and refunding bonds; requirements and manner of such issuance
22C-3-11 Establishment of reserve funds, replacement and improvement funds and sinking funds; fiscal agent; purposes for use of bond proceeds; application of surplus
22C-3-12 Legal remedies of bondholders
22C-3-13 Bonds and notes not debt of state, county, municipality or of any political subdivision; expenses incurred pursuant to article
22C-3-14 Use of funds, properties, etc., by board; restrictions thereon
22C-3-15 Audit of funds disbursed by the board and recipients thereof
22C-3-16 Rentals, fees, service charges and other revenues from solid waste disposal projects; contracts and leases of board; cooperation of other governmental agencies; bonds of such agencies
22C-3-17 Maintenance, operation and repair of projects; repair of damaged property; reports by board to Governor and Legislature
22C-3-18 Solid waste disposal revenue bonds lawful investments
22C-3-19 Exemption from taxation
22C-3-20 Governmental agencies authorized to convey property
22C-3-21 Financial interest in contracts, projects, etc., prohibited; gratuities prohibited; penalty
22C-3-22 Conduct of proceedings of board
22C-3-23 Regulation of solid waste collectors and haulers to continue under Public Service Commission; bringing about their compliance with solid waste disposal shed plan and solid waste disposal projects; giving testimony at commission hearings
22C-3-24 Cooperation of board and enforcement agencies in collecting and disposing of abandoned household appliances and motor vehicles, etc
22C-3-25 Liberal construction of article
22C-3-26 Supersedure over county and regional solid waste authorities

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Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 22C > Article 3 - Solid Waste Management Board

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Board: means the solid waste management board provided for in section four of this article, the duties, powers, responsibilities and functions of which are specified in this article. See West Virginia Code 22C-3-3
  • Construction: includes reconstruction, enlargement, improvement and providing furnishings or equipment for a solid waste disposal project. See West Virginia Code 22C-3-3
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Cost: means , as applied to solid waste disposal projects, the cost of their acquisition and construction. See West Virginia Code 22C-3-3
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Governmental agency: means the state government or any agency, department, division or unit thereof. See West Virginia Code 22C-3-3
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Judgment: includes decrees and orders for the payment of money, or the conveyance or delivery of land or personal property, or some interest therein, or any undertaking, bond or recognizance which has the legal effect of a judgment. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any public or private corporation, institution, association, firm or company organized or existing under the laws of this or any other state or country. See West Virginia Code 22C-3-3
  • personal property: includes goods, chattels, real and personal, money, credits, investments, and the evidences thereof. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Pollution: means the discharge, release, escape or deposit, directly or indirectly, of solid waste of whatever kind or character, on lands or in waters in the state in an uncontrolled, unregulated or unapproved manner. See West Virginia Code 22C-3-3
  • project: means any solid waste facility, wastewater treatment plants, sewer treatment plants, water and sewer systems and connecting pipelines the acquisition or construction of which is authorized by the solid waste management board or any acquisition or construction which is financed, in whole or in part, from funds made available by grant or loan by, or through, the board as provided in this article, including all buildings and facilities which the board deems necessary for the operation of the project, together with all property, rights, easements and interests which may be required for the operation of the project. See West Virginia Code 22C-3-3
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, all rights thereto and interests therein, except chattel interests. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Revenue: means any money or thing of value collected by, or paid to, the solid waste management board as rent, use fee, service charge or other charge for use of, or in connection with, any solid waste disposal project, or as principal of or interest, charges or other fees on loans, or any other collections on loans made by the solid waste management board to governmental agencies to finance, in whole or in part, the acquisition or construction of any solid waste development project or projects, or other money or property which is received and may be expended for or pledged as revenues pursuant to this article. See West Virginia Code 22C-3-3
  • shed: means a geographical area which the solid waste management board designates as provided in section eight of this article for solid waste management. See West Virginia Code 22C-3-3
  • Solid waste: means any garbage, paper, litter, refuse, cans, bottles, waste processed for the express purpose of incineration, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility, other discarded material, including offensive or unsightly matter, solid, liquid, semisolid or contained liquid or gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining or community activities but does not include solid or dissolved material in sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources and have permits under article five-a, chapter . See West Virginia Code 22C-3-3
  • Solid waste facility: means any system, facility, land, contiguous land, improvements on land, structures or other appurtenances or methods used for processing, recycling or disposing of solid waste, including landfills, transfer stations, materials recovery facilities and other such facilities not herein specified. See West Virginia Code 22C-3-3
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.