DEP, Water 47csr26
H. B.2762
(By Delegates Mahan, Palumbo,

Cann, Pino, Armstead and Overington)

[Introduced February 28, 2005; referred to the

Committee on then Finance the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend §64-3 of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §1, relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to water pollution control permit fee schedules.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §64-3 of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §1, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENT TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-3-1. Department of Environmental Protection.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-seventh day of August, two thousand four, under the authority of section ten, article eleven, chapter twenty-two, of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (water pollution control permit fee schedules, 47 CSR 26), is authorized with the following amendment:
On page five, subsection 5.5, by striking out the words "will be three hundred dollars ($300)" and inserting in lieu thereof "is one hundred and fifty dollars ($150)"

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Water Pollution Control Permit Fee Schedules.

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