WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2022 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 304

By Senator Sypolt

[Introduced January 17, 2022; referred to

the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-6-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Fire Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the State Building Code.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 6. Authorization for Department of homeland security to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-6-1. Fire Commission.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 30, 2021, authorized under the authority of §15A-11-11 of this code, modified by the Fire Commission to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on January 7, 2022, relating to the Fire Commission (State Building Code , 87 CSR 04), is authorized with the amendment set forth below:

On page 5, paragraph 4.1.f.1, by striking out everything after the word “shall” and inserting in lieu thereof: “conform to the 2009 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code.”

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Fire Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the State Building Code.

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