Bill-Racing 178CSR1
H. B. 2709

(By Delegates Mahan, Wills, Cann, Kominar,
Faircloth and Riggs)

[Introduced March 2, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Finance then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article seven, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the racing commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to thoroughbred racing.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article seven, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 7. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF TAX AND REVENUE TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-7-4. Racing commission.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the fourth twenty-second day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine August, two thousand, under the authority of section six, article twenty-three, chapter nineteen of this code, modified by the racing commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the tenth seventeenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine October, two thousand, relating to the racing commission (thoroughbred racing, 178 CSR 1), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, under the authority of section six, article twenty-three, chapter nineteen of this code, modified by the racing commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the racing commission (greyhound racing, 178 CSR 2), is authorized.
(c) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, under the authority of section six, article twenty-three, chapter nineteen of this code, modified by the racing commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the racing commission (pari-mutual wagering, 178 CSR 5), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Racing Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Thoroughbred Racing.