Senate Bill No. 97
(By Senators Manchin, Anderson, Boley,
Grubb and Macnaughtan)
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[Introduced January 20, 1995; referred to the
Committee on Energy, Industry and Mining; 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-b, relating to
authorizing the division of environmental protection to
promulgate legislative rules relating to abandoned mine lands
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
fifteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four,
modified by the division of environmental protection to meet the
objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and
refiled in the state register on the sixth day of January, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-five, relating to the division of
environmental protection (rules and regulations relating to
abandoned mine lands and reclamation), are authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division
of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules
relating to abandoned mine lands and reclamation.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.