§22-3A-7 Funding. - West Virginia Statutes

§22-3A-7. Funding.
(a) The office shall assess each operator permitted under the provisions of this chapter a fee on each quantity of explosive material used for any purpose on the surface mining operations.

(b) The office shall propose a legislative rule for promulgation in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code establishing the fees required by this section. The fees shall be calculated to generate sufficient money to provide for the operation of this office and the Division of Energy as provided for in article two-f, chapter five-b of this code. These fees cannot be increased except by legislative rule and cannot be used to fund additional positions in the Division of Energy in future years.

(c) The office shall deposit all moneys received from these fees into a special revenue fund to be known as the Mountaintop Removal Fund in the State Treasury to be expended by the offices and the Division of Energy in the performance of their duties. The expenditure of moneys in the fund is not authorized from collections, but shall be appropriated by the Legislature.