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Chapter 8 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONSArticle 12 - GENERAL AND SPECIFIC POWERS, DUTIES AND ALLIED RELATIONS OF MUNICIPALITIES, GOVERNING BODIES AND MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; SUITS AGAINST MUNICIPALITIES
Part IV - CERTAIN SPECIFIC POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES AND GOVERNING BODIES
Section 8-12-9 - Power and authority to enact ordinance prohibiting discrimination with respect to housing accommodations

W. Va. Code § 8-12-9

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Section 8-12-9 - Power and authority to enact ordinance prohibiting discrimination with respect to housing accommodations

Notwithstanding any statutory or charter provision to the contrary, the governing body of every municipality shall have plenary power and authority, by ordinance, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color or national origin in the sale, purchase, lease or rental of housing accommodations within the corporate limits of such municipality, and to impose fines for the violation of the provisions of any such ordinance.

W. Va. Code § 8-12-9