Bill-Child, Support
H. B. 2375


(By Delegates Douglas, Hunt, Compton,

Faircloth, Linch and Riggs)

[Introduced March 3, 1997; referred to the

Committee on Finance then the Judiciary.]



A BILL to amend article five, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section two, relating to authorizing the support enforcement commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to obtaining support from federal and state income tax refunds.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article five, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section two, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.


§64-5-2. Support enforcement commission.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, under the authority of section ten, article two, chapter forty-eight-a, of this code, modified by the support enforcement commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the support enforcement commission (obtaining support from federal and state income tax refunds
, 97 CSR 3), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Support Enforcement Commission to promulgate a legislative rules relating to Obtaining Support From Federal and State Incom Tax Refunds
.

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