WEST virginia legislature
2019 regular session
ENROLLED
Committee Substitute
for
House Bill 2204
By Delegates Foster, Fast, Phillips, Waxman and Wilson
[Passed March 1, 2019; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-1-22, relating to prohibiting state licensing boards from hiring lobbyists; and declaring that the director, board counsel and appointed board members of each board may lobby on behalf of the board.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL STATE BOARDS OF EXAMINATION OR REGISTRATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER.
§30-1-22. Lobbying.
No board may employ or contract with any person whose job functions or obligations include lobbying on behalf of the board: Provided, That the director, board counsel and appointed board members may lobby on behalf of the board.