West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia HB5622: Amendments to city charters.
Status: Signed into law, March 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact §8-4-8 and §8-5-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to city charters; transferring the state repository for city charters; and allowing charter amendment or superseding of provisions, ordinances, or other local enactment governing municipal election days and transitional term lengths of offices. §8-4-8. Same -- An alternate plan. Whenever the governing body of any city shall deem it expedient to amend the charter of any such city (whether such charter be a special legislative charter or a charter framed and adopted or revised as a whole under.
From the enrolled text, March 12, 2026:
AN ACT to amend and reenact §8-4-8 and §8-5-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to city charters; transferring the state repository for city charters; and allowing charter amendment or superseding of provisions, ordinances, or other local enactment governing municipal election days and transitional term lengths of offices. §8-4-8. Same -- An alternate plan. Whenever the governing body of any city shall deem it expedient to amend the charter of any such city (whether such charter be a special legislative charter or a charter framed and adopted or revised as a whole under the provisions of former §8A-1-1 et seq. of this code, under §8-3-1 et seq. of this code, or §8-4-1 of this code, as the case may be), it shall, by ordinance, set out in its proper record book the proposed amendment or amendments in full. The governing body shall set a date, time, and place for a public hearing thereon, which date shall be not less than 30 days after the date of the first publication hereinafter required. The governing body shall cause the proposed amendment or amendments, together with a notice of the date, time and place fixed for the hearing thereon, to be published as a Class II-0 legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of §59-3-1 et seq. of this …
Sponsors
- Chiarelli, Geno (R, 078) · primary sponsor