ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 38
(By Senators Wagner, Bailey, Bowman, Jackson,
Scott, Walker and Wooton)
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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;
reported January 17, 1995.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section three-a, article one, chapter
nineteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuation of
the marketing and development division of the department of
agriculture.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three-a, article one, chapter nineteen of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
§19-1-3a. Marketing and development division; duties;
continuation.
(a) In recognition that article ten, chapter four of this
code requires a preliminary performance review of the rural
resource division of the department of agriculture and that performance standards must be stated before such audit can be
performed, the rural resources division is hereby formally
established and renamed the marketing and development division in
the department of agriculture. The duties of the division are to
establish marketing, promotional and development programs to
advance West Virginia agriculture in the domestic and
international markets; to provide grading, inspection and market
news services to the various elements of the West Virginia
agricultural industry; and to regulate and license individuals
involved in the marketing of agricultural products.
(b) After having conducted a preliminary performance review
and fiscal audit through its joint committee on government
operations, pursuant to section nine, article ten, chapter four
of this code, the Legislature hereby finds and declares the
marketing and development division should be continued and
reestablished. Accordingly, notwithstanding the provisions of
section four of said article, the marketing and development
division shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two
thousand one.