WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2018 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4075

BY Delegates Sobonya and Frich

[Introduced January 15, 2018; Referred

to the Committee on Government Organization 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 Athletic Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to regulation of mixed martial arts.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 9. Authorization for MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-9-1. Athletic Commission.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 27, 2017, authorized under the authority of §29-5A-24 of this code, modified by the Athletic Commission to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on October 3, 2017, relating to the Athletic Commission (regulation of mixed martial arts, 177 CSR 2), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Athletic Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to regulation of mixed martial arts.

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