WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2017 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 2219
By Delegate Sobonya
[Introduced February 9, 2017; Referred
to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Livestock Care Standards.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §64-9-1 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. Commissioner of Agriculture.
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 23, 2016, authorized under the authority of section four, article one-c, chapter nineteen of this code, relating to the Commissioner of Agriculture (Livestock Care Standards, 61 CSR 31), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Livestock Care Standards.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.