West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 265

BY Senator Rucker

[Introduced January 15, 2026; 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 carbon dioxide sequestration fee schedule.

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, 2025, authorized under the authority of §22-11-10 of this code, modified by Department of Environmental Protection to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on December 29, 2025 relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (carbon dioxide sequestration fee schedule, 47 CSR 09B), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to carbon dioxide sequestration fee schedule.

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