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Senate Bill No. 119
(By Senator Bailey)
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[Introduced February 9, 2005; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on
Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §20-1-3 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to renaming the Division of Natural
Resources the Division of Wildlife, Recreation and Parks.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §20-1-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
§20-1-3. Division of Natural Resources, Office of Director and
Commission established; Division renamed Division of
Wildlife, Recreation and Parks.
A Division of Natural Resources, the Office of Director of the
Division of Natural Resources and a Natural Resources Commission
are hereby created and established in the State Government with
jurisdiction, powers, functions, services and enforcement processes as provided in this chapter and elsewhere by law.
On the first day of July, two thousand five, the Division of
Natural Resources is renamed the Division of Wildlife, Recreation
and Parks. After that, wherever the term "Division of Natural
Resources" is used in this code, it means "Division of Wildlife,
Recreation and Parks."
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to rename the Division of
Natural Resources the Division of Wildlife, Recreation and Parks.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.