Senate Bill No. 122

(By Senators Manchin, Anderson, Boley,

Grubb and Macnaughtan)

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[Introduced January 20, 1995; referred to the

Committee on Natural Resources; and then to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]

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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-a, relating to authorizing the division of natural resources to promulgate legislative rules relating to rules governing public use of West Virginia state parks, state forests and state wildlife management areas under the division of natural resources.

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-a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 3A. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUREAU OF COMMERCE TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-3A-1. Division of natural resources.

The legislative rules filed in the state register on the second day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the sixteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the division of natural resources (rules governing public use of West Virginia state parks, state forests and state wildlife management areas under the division of natural resources), are authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate legislative rules relating to rules governing public use of West Virginia state parks, state forests and state wildlife management areas under the Division of Natural Resources.

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