Senate Bill No. 180
(By Senator Manchin)
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[Introduced March 1, 1993; referred to the
Committee on Energy, Industry and Mining; and then to
the Committee on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section fifteen, article three,
chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
authorizing the public energy authority to promulgate
legislative rules relating to the rules and procedures for
application for and environmental assessment of projects
seeking qualification for the public energy authority's
assistance.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section fifteen, article three, chapter sixty-four of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, LABOR AND
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-3-15. Public energy authority.
(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety,modified by the public energy authority to meet the objections of
the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the
state register on the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-one, relating to the public energy authority
(establishment of rules and procedure for the exercise of the
powers of eminent domain for qualified projects), are authorized.
(b) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety,
modified by the public energy authority to meet the objections of
the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the
state register on the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-one, relating to the public energy authority
(establishment of a fee schedule and cost allocations to the
issuance of bonds by the West Virginia public energy authority),
are authorized.
(c) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
eighteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-two, modified by the public energy authority to meet the
objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and
refiled in the state register on the seventeenth day of February,
one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, relating to the public
energy authority (rules and procedures for application for and
environmental assessment of projects seeking qualification for
public energy authority's assistance), are authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Public
Energy Authority to promulgate legislative rules relating to
rules and procedures for application for and environmentalassessment of projects seeking qualification for the Public
Energy Authority's assistance.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.