Any municipality or county, or both, or any two or more municipalities within any county or contiguous counties, or any two or more contiguous counties, or any combination thereof, may create an urban mass transportation authority. Such authority shall be created upon the adoption, by the governing body of each participating government, acting individually, of an appropriate ordinance or order. Each authority shall constitute a public corporation, and as such, shall have perpetual existence.
W. Va. Code § 8-27-4
Urban mass transportation authorities authorized; authorities to be public corporations
Known as the Urban Mass Transportation Authority Act
The act spans §§ 8–8 (29 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Kirkpatrick v. Mid-Ohio Valley Transit Authority (1992)
Most recently applied in Kirkpatrick v. Mid-Ohio Valley Transit Authority (June 1992)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.