Agriculture 61csr16


Senate Bill No. 299

(By Senators Minard, Fanning, Prezioso,

Unger, Boley and Minear)

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[Introduced February 25, 2005; referred to the

Committee on Agriculture;

and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact article 9, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the inspection of meat and poultry.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article 9, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-9-1. Department of Agriculture.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the fourth day of August, two thousand four, under the authority of section three, article two-b, chapter nineteen, of this code, relating to the Department of Agriculture (inspection of meat and poultry, 61 CSR 16), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Inspection of Meat and Poultry.

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