West Virginia Code § 16-13-22

Powers conferred in addition to existing powers; jurisdiction outside
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corporate limits.
The authority herein given shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any power existing
in any municipality under any statutory or charter provisions which it may now have or
hereafter adopt. For all purposes of this article, all municipal corporations shall have
jurisdiction for twenty miles outside the corporate limits thereof: Provided, eThat for
stormwater systems, within the twenty miles beyond the municipality's corporate limits the
only areas the municipality may serve and supply shall be those areas frrom which
stormwater affects or drains into the municipality.
The jurisdiction and authority provided by this section does not extend to highways, road
and drainage easements, and/or stormwater facilities constrtucted, owned and/or operated by
the West Virginia Division of Highways.

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