EQB 46csr1
H. B. 2723
(By Delegates Mahan, Palumbo,
Cann, Pino, Armstead and Overington)
[Introduced February 28, 2005; referred to the
Committee on 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
Environmental Quality Board to promulgate a legislative rule
relating to requirements governing water quality standards.
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. Environmental Quality Board.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
twenty-ninth day of September, two thousand four, under the
authority of section four, article three, chapter twenty-two-b, of this code, modified by the Environmental Quality Board to meet the
objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and
refiled in the state register on the ninth day of February, two
thousand five, relating to the Environmental Quality Board
(requirements governing water quality standards, 46 CSR 1), is
authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the
Environmental Quality Board to promulgate a legislative rule
relating to Requirements Governing Water Quality Standards.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.