West Virginia Code Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers § 7-25-4. Power and authority of county commissions to create and establish resort area districts

(a) Every county is hereby empowered and authorized, in addition to any other rights, powers and authority conferred upon it elsewhere in this code, to create, modify, reject or expand resort area districts within that county in the manner hereinafter set forth and to assist in the provision of services and development, construction, acquisition, extension or improvement of a project or projects located within a resort area district.

(b) Unless agreed to by each affected municipality, the power and authority hereby conferred on a county shall not extend into territory within the boundaries of any municipality: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision in this code to the contrary, the power and authority hereby conferred on counties may extend within the territory of a public service district created under section two, article thirteen-a, chapter sixteen of this code.