Senate Bill No. 350
(By Senators Ross and Dittmar)
[Introduced February 14, 1995; referred to the
Committee on Energy, Industry and Mining.]
A BILL to amend chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding
thereto a new article, designated article three-b, relating
to authorizing the division of environmental protection to
promulgate legislative rules relating to surface coal mining
and reclamation.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by
adding thereto a new article, designated article three-b, to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 3B. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENT TO
PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-3B-1 Division of environmental protection.
The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
nineteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four,
relating to the division of environmental protection (surface
mining and reclamation regulations), are authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division
of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules
relating to surface mining and reclamation.
This article is new, therefore strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.