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HB 2014

URGENT! This bill is up for a vote on Friday, April 11 in both the West Virginia House and Senate.

The Observer just published an in-depth article about this bill and its impacts. Read it here. The Observer also did a briefing session on April 7. Watch the video here.

Please tell your representatives in the West Virginia Senate to vote NO on HB 2014 unless it is amended to restore local control in growth counties, protect groundwater in karst areas, and restore tax benefits from these developments to counties. This letter will go directly to Senator Jason Barrett and Senator Patricia Rucker, and Delegates Joe Funkhouser, Wayne Clark, Bill Ridenour, Chris Anders, and Lisa White. We’ve made it easy. Just type in your information, add a personal message, and press “send email now.”

URGENT! Tell your representatives to vote NO on HB 2014!

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Dear Senators and Delegates,

Please vote NO on HB 2014 unless it is amended to restore local control in growth counties, and protect groundwater in karst areas. Thank you for improving the tax allocation, but we need these other issues addressed to protect the eastern panhandle.

Section 5B-2-21b should be amended to prohibit the use of groundwater by these developments in growth counties with karst hydrogeology. Growth counties already are experiencing increasing demands for water usage and in counties with karst such groundwater resources can be vulnerable to over extraction.

Section 5B-2-21b(c) should be amended to exempt growth counties from the prohibition in this subsection. Especially since West Virginia has many locations where certified microgrids and high impact data centers can locate, there is no need for these restrictions of local government powers in growth counties. These counties by definition are already moving in a positive growth direction with respect to employment and other measures.

Thank you for considering my comments. Please vote No on HB 2014 if these amendments are not made.

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