West Virginia Legislature
2023 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 2747
BY Delegate Foster
[Introduced January 17, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-10-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to commercial whitewater outfitters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 29, 2022, authorized under the authority of §20-2-23a of this code, relating to the Division of Natural Resources (commercial whitewater outfitters, 58 CSR 12), is authorized with the following amendment:
On page 18, subsection 15.1., by striking out all of subsection 15.1. and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection 15.1. to read as follows:
"15.1. The Division may refer violations of the provisions of this rule to the appropriate law enforcement or prosecutor’s office for criminal prosecution."
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to commercial whitewater outfitters.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.