H. B. 2034
(By Delegates Martin and Love)



[Introduced February 10, 1993; referred to the

Committee on Government Organization.]





A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article one-c, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuation of West Virginia's membership in the interstate commission on the Potomac River Basin.

 Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article one-c, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1C. INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN.

ยง29-1C-4. Effective date; findings; termination date.

This article shall become effective upon the adoption of substantially similar amendments to the interstate compact by each of the signatory states to the compact, and upon the approval of the amendments to the compact by the Congress of the United States.
After having conducted a performance and fiscal auditthrough its joint committee on government operations, pursuant to section nine, article ten, chapter four of this code, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that West Virginia should remain a member of the interstate compact. Accordingly, notwithstanding the provisions of sections four and six, article ten, chapter four of this code, West Virginia shall continue to be a member of this compact until the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two ninety-eight.

NOTE: This bill provides for the continuation of West Virginia's membership in the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin until July 1, 1998.