West Virginia Legislature

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 15

BY Senator Woodrum

[Introduced January 10, 2024; referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-3-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the hazardous waste management system.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 3. Authorization for Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-3-1. Department of Environmental Protection.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 24, 2023, authorized under the authority of §22-18-6 of this code, modified by the Department of Environmental Protection to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 15, 2023 relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (hazardous waste management system, 33 CSR 20), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the hazardous waste management system.

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