Senate Bill No. 181
(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 article three, chapter sixty-four of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
sixteen, relating to authorizing the director of the office
of miners' health, safety and training to promulgate
legislative rules relating to standards for certification of
blasters for surface coal mines and surface areas of
underground coal mines.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter sixty-four of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
sixteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, LABOR AND
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-3-16. Director of the office of miners' health, safety and
training.
The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
thirteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two,
modified by the director of the office of miners' health, safety
and training to meet the objections of the legislative
rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on
the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-three, relating to the director of the office of miners'
health, safety and training (rules and regulations governing the
standards for certification of blasters for surface coal mines
and surface areas of underground coal mines), are authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Director
of the Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training to
promulgate legislative rules relating to standards for
certification of blasters for surface coal mines and surface
areas of underground coal mines.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.