Bill-Racing Pari
Senate Bill No. 319



(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Minard, Snyder, Unger and Minear )

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[Introduced January 31, 2000; referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend article seven, 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 four, relating to authorizing the racing commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to pari-mutuel wagering.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article seven, 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 four, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF TAX AND REVENUE TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.


§64-7-4. Racing commission.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, under the authority of section six, article twenty-three, chapter nineteen, of this code, modified by the racing commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the racing commission (pari-mutual wagering
, 178 CSR 5), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Racing Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Pari-Mutual Wagering
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This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.