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.