ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 38
(By Senators Wagner, Bailey, Bowman, Jackson,
Scott, Walker and Wooton)
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[Passed March 8, 1995; to take effect July 1, 1995.]
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AN ACT 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.