West Virginia Legislature

2024 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 135

BY Senator Woodrum

[Introduced January 10, 2024; referred

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 operating diesel equipment in underground 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. Miners' Health, Safety and Training.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 27, 2023, authorized under the authority of §22A-2A-1001 of this code, relating to the Miners' Health, Safety and Training (rules for operating diesel equipment in underground mines in West Virginia, 56 CSR 23), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Miners' Health, Safety and Training to promulgate a legislative rule relating to operating diesel equipment in underground mines in West Virginia.

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