CITIZENS RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION TO
SENATOR JOHN UNGER
APRIL 11, 2010
WHEREAS Senator John Unger heard citizen concerns that West Virginia law
allows the Public Service Commission (PSC) to delegate its eminent domain power
of condemnation of citizen owned land to for-profit corporations for the purpose of
permanently placing significant electric transmission lines and supporting towers
across the state and that the property owners are owed only a small legal notice in a
regional newspaper concerning the threat of such condemnation when the corporation
makes application to the PSC for approval of said transmission lines and;
WHEREAS Senator Unger sought the guidance of several citizens and with that
input oversaw the creation of Senate Bill 614 which requires the transmission line
applicant to deliver a certified letter of possible eminent domain taking to each
landowner possibly affected by said power line at the beginning of the application
process and;
WHEREAS when Senator Unger introduced SB 614 to the West Virginia Senate in
February, 2010, and secured consideration by only the Senate Judiciary Committee,
an amendment was immediately introduced by special interest lobbyists that gutted
SB 614, Senator Unger immediately took the needed action and successfully rebuilt
SB 614 to its original state of effectiveness and;
WHEREAS Senator Unger shepherded SB 614 through the legislature gaining
approval votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee and on the Senate floor, followed
by approval by the House of Delegates with technical amendment, and again gained
approval of SB 614 a second time on the floor of the Senate during the final hours of
the 2010 legislative session and;
AND WHEREAS Senator Unger caused SB 614 to gain needed legislative
signatures and be presented to and signed into law by the Governor on April 2, 2010,
to take effect June 12, 2010, benefiting untold thousands of West Virginia land
owners in the future;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the many citizens of West Virginia who
approved this resolution and whose names are attached, appreciate the significant
effort and the resulting law Senator John Unger has gained for them and future
generations of mountaineer landowners.
This resolution of grateful appreciation is presented to Senator John Unger this 19th
Day of April, 2010.
Nancy Williams
Bill Howley
Ronzel Haverty
Alison Haverty
Chazz Printz
Donna Printz
Frank Mitchell
Carolyn Mitchell
Nick Prezzi
Donna Prezzi
Chad Prezzi
Kim Prezzi
Roger Snook
Jennifer Parker
John Capriolo
Angela Capriolo
Jane Wayne
Sondra Hosey
Andy Hosey
Stan Beall
Gerry Horgan
Martin Lumet
Lynn Welsh
Stanley Belchik
Beverly Belchick
Rusty Morgan
Cricket Morgan
Jack Williams
Phyllis Williams
Doug Lutman
Steve Fields
Deanna Kropf
Mary Carrigan
Joe Funkhouser
Jim Bovard
Stella Bovard
Judith Moore
Kevin Barnhouse
Vivian Barnhouse
Cheryl Keyrouze
Martha Ferris
Rajni Hatti
Kathy Scheck
Abby Chapple
Angela Perry
Linda O'Brien
Lyn Widmyer
Steve Reichert
Vickie Weagly
Polly Kuhns
Richard Crim
Gail Banfield
Thomas White
Diana Eldridge
Kathryn Wagner
Callie Hale
Sharon Wilson
Bob Montgomery
Howard Straight
Pam Gearhart
Martin Burk
Anne Heron
Bobbi Blok
Steve Smith
Shirley Smith
Debbie Royalty
Robin Huyett Thomas
Donna Bums
JP Burns
Larry Wright
Suzin Wright
Patience Wait
Mike Cuccherini
Sandie Henry
Catherine Jackson
David Fuller
Penny Fuller
Kimberly Huntt
Rich Gee
Virginia Graf
Karen Valentine
GoGreenGals
Nora Drish
William Culley
Jane Ruberg
Roger Eitelman
Marilyn Eitelman
Myra Bonhage –Hale
Sara Litzan
Megan Easton
Brent Easton
Chuck Wyrostock
Keryn Newman
Diane Szalley
Frank Conard
Shelby Brownlee