WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4261

By Delegate Foster

[Introduced January 14, 2020; 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 employment reference and inquiries and background checks.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

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 July 26, 2019, authorized under the authority of §19-1-3b of this code, modified by the Commissioner of Agriculture to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on October 1, 2019, relating to the Commissioner of Agriculture (employment reference and inquiries and background checks, 61 CSR 20), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to employment reference and inquiries and background checks.

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