WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2019 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 226

By Senator Maynard

[ Introduced January 10, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Energy, Industry and Mining; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-10-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety, and Training to promulgate a legislative rule relating to rules and regulations governing the safety of those employed in and around surface mines in West Virginia.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 10. Authorization for Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-10-1. Office of Miners' Health, Safety, and Training.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 25, 2018, authorized under the authority of §22A-1-38 of this code, relating to the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training  (rules and regulations governing the safety of those employed in and around surface mines in West Virginia, 56 CSR 3), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training to promulgate a legislative rule relating to rules and regulations governing the safety of those employed in and around surface mines in West Virginia.

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