DHHR 64csr10
H. B. 2729
(By Delegates Mahan, Palumbo,
Cann, Pino, Armstead and Overington)
[Introduced February 28, 2005; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend §64-5 of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new
section, designated §1, relating to authorizing the Department
of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule
relating to methods and standards for chemical tests for
intoxication.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §64-5 of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new
section, designated §1, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-5-1. Department of Health and Human Resources.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
twenty-third day of April, two thousand four, under the authority
of section four, article one, chapter sixteen, of this code,
modified by the Department of Health and Human Resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and
refiled in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of January,
two thousand five, relating to the Department of Health and Human
Resources (methods and standards for chemical tests for
intoxication, 64 CSR 10), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department
of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule
relating to Methods and Standards for Chemical Tests for
Intoxication.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.