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Senate Bill No. 353

(By Senators Bowman, Bailey, Burnette,

Kessler, Minard, Redd, Rowe,

Snyder, Boley, Minear and Sprouse)

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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;


reported January 24, 2002.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article one, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended; to further amend said article by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-one; and to amend article five of said chapter by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty, all relating to continuing the parks section of the division of natural resources; and continuing the division of natural resources.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article one, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted; that said article be further amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-one; and that article five of said chapter be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
§20-1-3. Division of natural resources, office of director and commission established;

A division of natural resources, the office of director of the division of natural resources and a natural resources commission are hereby created and established in the state government with jurisdiction, powers, functions, services and enforcement processes as provided in this chapter and elsewhere by law.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, the division of natural resources shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two thousand one.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, the parks section and parks functions of the division of natural resources, transferred to the division of natural resources pursuant to the provisions of section twelve, article one, chapter five-b of this code, shall continue to exist within the division of natural resources until the first day of July, two thousand two.
§20-1-21. Continuation of the division of natural resources.

The division of natural resources shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two thousand three, pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished pursuant to the provisions of that article.
ARTICLE 5. PARKS AND RECREATION.
§20-5-20. Continuation of the parks section of division of natural resources.

Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, the parks section and parks functions of the division of natural resources, transferred to the division of natural resources pursuant to the provisions of section twelve, article one, chapter five-b of this code, shall continue to exist within the division of natural resources until the first day of July, two thousand four, unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished pursuant to the provisions of that article.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to continue the parks section and parks function of the division of natural resources until July 1, 2004, and to continue the division of natural resources until July 1, 2003, pursuant to the West Virginia sunset law. This bill is recommended by the joint committee on government operations for passage during the 2002 regular session of the Legislature.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added. Section twenty-two, article one and section twenty, article five are new; therefore underscoring has been omitted.)

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