West Virginia HB3133: Permitting counties and municipalities to enter into memoranda of understanding for demolition of dilapidated structures

What the bill says

An act to amend and reenact §7-1-3ff and §8-12-16 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to permitting counties and municipalities to enter into memoranda of understanding for demolition of dilapidated structures. Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers. Article 1. County Commissions Generally. §7-1-3ff. Authority of county commission to regulate unsafe or unsanitary structures and refuse on private land; authority to establish an enforcement agency; county litter control officers; procedure for complaints; lien and sale of land to recover costs; entry on land to perform r.

From the enrolled text, April 10, 2025:

AN ACT to amend and reenact §7-1-3ff and §8-12-16 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to permitting counties and municipalities to enter into memoranda of understanding for demolition of dilapidated structures. Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers. Article 1. County Commissions Generally. §7-1-3ff. Authority of county commission to regulate unsafe or unsanitary structures and refuse on private land; authority to establish an enforcement agency; county litter control officers; procedure for complaints; lien and sale of land to recover costs; entry on land to perform repairs and alterations or to satisfy lien; receipt of grants and subsidies. (a) Plenary power and authority are hereby conferred upon every county commission to adopt ordinances regulating the repair, alteration, or improvement, or the vacating and closing or removal or demolition, or any combination thereof, of any dwellings or other buildings, except for buildings or dwellings on agricultural lands or operations as defined in §19-19-2 of this code, unfit for human habitation due to dilapidation, defects increasing the hazard of fire, accidents, or other calamities, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities, or any other conditions prevailing in any dwelling or building, whether used for human habitation or not, which would cause the dwellings or other buildings to be unsafe, unsanitary, dangerous, or detrimental to the public safety or welfare, whether …