West Virginia § 29-1-15 Development or improvement on land; State Historic Preservation Office; rules and regulations

West Virginia Statutes

§ 29-1-15 — Development or improvement on land; State Historic Preservation Office; rules and regulations

West Virginia § 29-1-15

Ch. 29MISCELLANEOUS BOARDS AND OFFICERS

Art. 1ARTS, CULTURE AND HISTORY

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W. Va. Code § 29-1-15 (2026).

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All development or improvement on land, including any disturbance in a right-of-way, construction project, or infrastructure project, subject to review by the State Historic Preservation Office or by any other section or commission listed in §29-1-1(b) of this code for prehistorical, historical, archaeological, architectural, or cultural value shall be conducted in the most expedient manner possible. The department shall not add any additional impediment to such review beyond those required by applicable Federal laws, rules, and regulations and shall have no authority to comment, regulate, or otherwise cause another governmental entity to comment upon or regulate, that activity, except in consideration for primacy or continued federal funding.

The secretary shall have the power to make an

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All development or improvement on land, including any disturbance in a right-of-way, construction project, or infrastructure project, subject to review by the State Historic Preservation Office or by any other section or commission listed in §29-1-1(b) of this code for prehistorical, historical, archaeological, architectural, or cultural value shall be conducted in the most expedient manner possible. The department shall not add any additional impediment to such review beyond those required by applicable Federal laws, rules, and regulations and shall have no authority to comment, regulate, or otherwise cause another governmental entity to comment upon or regulate, that activity, except in consideration for primacy or continued federal funding.

The secretary shall have the power to make and promulgate rules in in conformity with this section, and the secretary shall modify, upon the effective date of this legislation, any active rule in conflict with the provisions of this section.