WEST virginia legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2279

By Delegate Sobonya

[Introduced February 9, 2017; referred to the committee on Finance then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-7-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, 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 §64-7-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 7. Authorization for Department of revenue to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-7-1. Racing Commission.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 18, 2016, authorized under the authority of section two, 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 September 19 2016, relating to the Racing Commission (Thoroughbred Racing, 178 CSR 01), is authorized.

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

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