Constitution · West Virginia

W. Va. Const. art. XI, § 3

Constitution
Constitution of West Virginia
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October 2026

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Exclusive privileges prohibited. All existing charters or grants of special or exclusive privileges under which organization shall not have taken place, or which shall not have been in operation within two years from the time this constitution takes effect, shall thereafter have no validity or effect whatever: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent the execution of any bona fide contract heretofore lawfully made in relation to any existing charter or grant in this state.

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