WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2022 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4180

BY Delegate Foster

[Introduced January 18, 2022; Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Livestock Care Standards.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellanous agencies and boards to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-9-1. Commissioner of Agriculture.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 30, 2021, authorized under the authority of §19-1C-4 of this code, modified by the Commissioner of Agriculture to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on January 3, 2022, relating to the Commissioner of Agriculture (Livestock Care Standards , 61 CSR 31), is authorized with the amendments set forth below:

On page 2, subsection 2.15, by striking out “2018” and inserting in lieu there of “2020”;

On page 6, subdivision 13.2.a. by striking out the “5” and inserting in lieu thereof a “9”;

On page 7, subsection 13.12., by striking out the word “and”;

On page 7, subsection 13.13., by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word “or”;

On page 7, after subsection 13.13 by adding a new subsection 13.14. to read as follows:

“13.14. Any other widely accepted practices.”;

On page 9, subdivision 14.4.p., by striking out the word “and”;

On page 9, subdivision 14.4.q., by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word “or”;

On page 9, after subdivision 14.4.q. by adding a new subdivision 14.q.r. to read as follows:

“14.4.r. Any other widely accepted practices.”;

On page 11, subdivision 15.6.j., by striking out the word “and”;

On page 11, subdivision 15.6.k., by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word “or”;

On page 11, after subdivision 15.6.k. by adding a new subdivision 16.6.l. to read as follows:

“15.6.l. Any other widely accepted practices.”;

On page 12, paragraph 16.2.a.6., by striking out the word “and”;

On page 12, subsection 16.2.a.7., by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word “or”;

On page 12, after paragraph 14.2.a.7. by adding a new paragraph 16.2a.8. to read as follows:

“16.2.a.8. Any other widely accepted practices.”;

On page 12, paragraph 16.2.b.7., by striking out the word “and”;

On page 12, paragraph 16.2.b.8., by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word “or”; paragraph subsection 16.2.b.9. to read as follows:

“16.2.b.9. Any other widely accepted practices.”;

On page 12, paragraph 16.2.c.2., by striking out the word “and”;

On page 12, paragraph 16.2.c.3., by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word “or”;

On page 12, after paragraph 16.2.c.3. by adding a new paragraph 16.2.c.4. to read as follows:

“16.2.c.4. Any other widely accepted practices.”;

On page 13, subdivision 17.3.j., by striking out the word “and”;

On page 13, subdivision 17.3.k., by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word “or”;

On page 13, after subdivision 17.3.k. by adding a new subdivision 17.3.l. to read as follows:

“17.3.l. Any other widely accepted practices.”;

On page 14, paragraph 18.3.d.2., by striking out the word “and”;

On page 14 subdivision 18.3.e., by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word “or”;

And,

On page 14, after subdivision 18.3.e. by adding a new subsection 18.3.f., to read as follows:

“18.3.f. Any other widely accepted practices.”, and

Delegate Graves moves to amend the rule on page 2, section 2.15 by striking the remainder of sentence after “….euthanasia of animals…” and with “…most recent published edition.”

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Livestock Care Standards.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.