Bill-Forestry 22CSR2
H. B. 2616
(By Delegates Mahan, Cann, Kominar and Faircloth)

[Introduced January 24, 2003; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend article ten, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section six, relating to authorizing the division of forestry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to sediment control during commercial timber harvesting operations - licensing.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article ten, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section six, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUREAU OF COMMERCE TO PROMULGATE
LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-10-6. Division of forestry.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-third day of July, two thousand two, under the authority of section four, article one-b, chapter nineteen, of this code, modified by the division of forestry to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the fifth day of December, two thousand two, relating to the division of forestry (sediment control during commercial timber harvesting operations - licensing, 22 CSR 2), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Forestry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Sediment Control During Commercial Timber Harvesting Operations - Licensing.

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