COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 214

(By Senator Rowe)

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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;

reported February 19, 2004.]

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A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-22-5a, relating to board of landscape architects; and authorizing the board to set fees by rule.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-22-5a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 22. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.
§30-22-5a. Fees.
(a) The board is authorized to set all fees imposed by the board by rule proposed for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
(b) The fees, except renewal fees, imposed on the first day of July, two thousand three, shall remain in effect until the new fees have been set by rule. No emergency rule may be proposed.
(c) After the effective date of this section and after the new fees have been set by rule, the fees specifically set out in this article shall no longer apply.

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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that the board of landscape architects set fees by rule.

Section five-a is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.)