Senate Bill No. 204

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Macnaughtan ,

Boley and Buckalew)

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[Introduced March 3, 1997; referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend article nine, 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 eight, relating to authorizing the public service commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to use of the number "911".

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article nine, 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 eight, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS T0O PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-9-8. Public service commission.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, under the authority of section ten, article six, chapter twenty-four, of this code, modified by the public service commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the public service commission (rules and regulations for the use of the number "911", 150 CSR 15), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Public Service Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Use of the Number "911".

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