CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The Economic Development and Tourism Committee met Tuesday afternoon to discuss and consider a number of bills.
Among those discussed were House Bill 3147, which establishes the Upper Ohio Valley Trail Network Recreation Authority. The bill provides for the continuation of the Upper Ohio Valley Network Recreation Authority and the establishment of the recreation area.
House Bill 3370 establishes a loan program which would be administered by the West Virginia Department of Economic Development for certain properties and developments on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land, state parks, and resorts, and hybrid tourism destinations in the case of default by an eligible entity.
House Bill 3428 dictates that the West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program be made permanent.
Senate Bill 160 establishes the West Virginia Rail Trails Program which consists of rail-to-trail and rail-with-trail programs, and expands the authority of the Division of Multimodal Transportation Facilities to acquire railroad rights-of-way and land for both trail programs.
House Bill 3392 dedicates the first $30 million of excess revenue for each fiscal year to the Development Office Promotion and Closure Fund to be used to facilitate business formation, expansion, recruitment, and retention through marketing and international development and export assistance.
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