ENROLLED
H. B. 2590
(By Delegates Love and Martin)
[Passed April 8, 1993; in effect July 1, 1993.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact section three, article one, chapter
twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the division of
natural resources and providing for the termination of the
division.
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 to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
§20-1-3. Division of natural resources, office of director and
commission established; termination date.
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 toexist until the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four, to allow for the completion of an audit by the joint
committee on government operations.