WV HB3001

Requires county commissions to establish county parks and recreation commissions, with exceptions for counties that are fiscally unable or already have an existing parks and recreation board (either through county commission, legislative action, or charitable nonprofit organization)

Changes commission membership from a fixed 11 members to an odd number of members determined by each county commission based on county population

Maintains three-year terms for commission members with staggered initial appointments of one, two, and three years

Requires commission members to be county residents who own real estate within the county, with vacancy occurring if residency or property ownership requirements are no longer met

Updates language to gender-neutral terminology ("his or her") and removes the freeholder requirement as a disqualification trigger for existing members