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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Enrolled
Committee Substitute
for
Senate Bill 607
BY SENATORS CHARNOCK AND TAKUBO
[Passed March 6, 2026; in effect from passage]
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1 AN ACT to amend and reenact §8-29-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating
2 to authorization of federally approved project delivery methods for airport capital
3 improvement projects.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 29. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS — REGIONAL AIRPORTS.
§8-29-8. Powers of authorities generally.
1 Each authority is hereby given plenary power and authority as follows:
2 (1) To make and adopt all necessary bylaws and rules for its organization and operations
3 not inconsistent with law;
4 (2) To elect its own officers, to appoint committees, and to employ and fix the
5 compensation for personnel necessary for its operation;
6 (3) To enter into contracts with any person, including both public and private corporations,
7 or governmental department or agency, and generally to do any and all things necessary or
8 convenient for the purpose of acquiring, establishing, constructing, equipping, improving,
9 financing, maintaining, and operating a public airport to best serve the region in which it is located,
10 including the development of an industrial, research, or business park in the same general area;
11 (4) To delegate any authority given to it by law to any of its officers, committees, agents,
12 or employees;
13 (5) To apply for, receive, and use grants-in-aid, donations, and contributions from any
14 source or sources, including, but not limited to, the federal government and any department or
15 agency thereof, and this state subject to any constitutional and statutory limitations with respect
16 thereto, and to accept and use bequests, devises, gifts, and donations from any person;
17 (6) To acquire, receive, take, and hold property, whether by purchase, gift, lease, devise,
18 or otherwise, and to use and manage said property, and to develop, improve, and maintain any
19 property owned, leased, or controlled by it;
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20 (7) To purchase, own, hold, sell, and dispose of personal property and to sell, lease, or
21 otherwise dispose of any real property which it may own;
22 (8) To borrow money and execute and deliver negotiable notes, mortgage bonds, other
23 bonds, debentures, and other evidences of indebtedness therefor, and give such security therefor
24 as shall be requisite, including giving a mortgage or deed of trust on its airport properties and
25 facilities or assigning or pledging the gross or net revenues therefrom;
26 (9) To raise funds by the issuance and sale of revenue bonds in the manner provided by
27 the applicable provisions of §8-16-1 et seq. of this code, it being hereby expressly provided that
28 for the purpose of the issuance and sale of revenue bonds, each authority is a "governing body"
29 as that term is used in said article only;
30 (10) To establish, charge, and collect reasonable fees and charges for services or for the
31 use of any part of its property or facilities, or for both services and such use;
32 (11) To expend its funds in the execution of the powers and authority herein given;
33 (12) To apply for, receive, and use loans, grants, donations, technical assistance, and
34 contributions from any regional or area commissions that may be established;
35 (13) To prescribe by bylaw the manner of financial participation by members;
36 (14) To construct, acquire, establish, improve, extend, enlarge, reconstruct, equip,
37 maintain, and repair buildings, structures, and facilities, including roadway access, suitable for
38 use as manufacturing plants, industrial plants, and facilities; research parks and facilities;
39 business parks and facilities; retail shopping areas or centers; parks; exhibits; exhibitions; or the
40 conduct of any lawful business, heliport, or aircraft landing area owned or operated by such
41 authority, and to lease or let such buildings, structures, and facilities or any one or more of them
42 to such tenant or tenants for such term or terms, at such compensation or rental and subject to
43 such provisions, limitations, and conditions as the authority may require or approve; and
44 (15) Notwithstanding the provisions of §5-22-1 et seq., §5-22A-1 et seq., and §5-22B-1 et
45 seq. of this code, and any other provision of this code to the contrary, for any airport development
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46 or construction project funded, in whole or in part, through the Federal Aviation Administration
47 Airport Improvement Program or Airport Terminal Program and subject to Federal Aviation
48 Administration standards for design, engineering, and safety, an authority is expressly authorized
49 to procure, contract for, and deliver such airport projects using any project delivery method
50 approved or authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration, including, but not limited to,
51 integrated project delivery, construction manager-at-risk, design-build, progressive design-build,
52 or other alternative delivery methods. Procurement conducted in compliance with applicable
53 Federal Aviation Administration standards and requirements shall be deemed to satisfy the
54 procurement requirements of this state.
55 (16) To enter into a management agreement or agreements with any county, city, or town
56 in the state for the management by the authority of an existing airport upon such terms and
57 conditions as may be mutually agreeable.
58 (17) An authority may only exercise the powers delegated to it in this section in the county
59 in which the airport is located or any county contiguous to the county in which the airport is located:
60 Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall prohibit an authority from entering into a
61 management agreement for an existing airport with a county that is not contiguous to the county
62 in which the existing airport is located or a city or town located in a county that is not contiguous
63 to the county in which the airport is located.
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The Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates hereby
certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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Clerk of the Senate
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Clerk of the House of Delegates
Originated in the Senate.
In effect from passage.
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President of the Senate
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Speaker of the House of Delegates
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The within is ................................................ this the...........................................
Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2026.
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Governor
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