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WV HB3026
Bill
Status
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joe Funkhouser
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AI Summary
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Redefines "use" of natural resources in zoning law to exclude commercial water extraction for bottling, storage, pipeline transport, or shipment outside West Virginia
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Limits the exemption from zoning restrictions to domestic water use, farming, or activities conducted on the land where water is drawn (including owner's other properties)
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Allows property owners to use water on their own land or separate parcels they own or lease, but prohibits exempting commercial water sales from local zoning authority
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Amends §8A-7-10 of the West Virginia Code governing the effect of enacted zoning ordinances on land development
Legislative Description
Relating to zoning ordinances and their effects
Municipalities
Last Action
To House Government Organization
2/27/2025