West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia HB4007: Relating to industrial access roads
Status: Signed into law, March 25, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact §17-3A-1, §17-3A-2,and §17-3A-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the industrial access road fund; clarifying how the money shall be used; providing for an exemption from surety requirement; providing a response deadline when a formal use request is submitted; clarifying restrictions on use of the fund; and raising the allocated funding per fiscal year. CHAPTER 17. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. ARTICLE 3A. INDUSTRIAL ACCESS ROAD FUND. §17-3A-1. Industrial Access Road Fund created; construction guarantees by municipalities and counties. (a) Any other.
From the enrolled text, March 14, 2026:
AN ACT to amend and reenact §17-3A-1, §17-3A-2,and §17-3A-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the industrial access road fund; clarifying how the money shall be used; providing for an exemption from surety requirement; providing a response deadline when a formal use request is submitted; clarifying restrictions on use of the fund; and raising the allocated funding per fiscal year. CHAPTER 17. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. ARTICLE 3A. INDUSTRIAL ACCESS ROAD FUND. §17-3A-1. Industrial Access Road Fund created; construction guarantees by municipalities and counties. (a) Any other provision of this code notwithstanding, there is hereby continued in the State Treasury the Industrial Access Road Fund, referred to in this article as "the fund". There shall be deposited into the fund three fourths of one percent of all state tax collections which are otherwise specifically dedicated by the provisions of this code to the State Road Fund or the percentage of those tax collections that will produce $3 million for each fiscal year: Provided, That the Commissioner of Highways may transfer an additional amount up to $3 million from the State Road Fund in any fiscal year when he or she determines this additional amount would be a prudent investment in additional industrial access roads that could not be funded out of the fund without additional moneys …