ENROLLED

Senate Bill No. 460

(By Senator Burdette, Mr. President,

By Request of the Executive)

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[Passed April 10, 1993; in effect from passage.]

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AN ACT to amend and reenact section five, article one-a, chapter nineteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to abolishing the forestry commission; appointing the director of the division of forestry; setting forth the director's duties and qualifications; and setting the director's salary."

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section five, article one-a, chapter nineteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1A. DIVISION OF FORESTRY.

§19-1A-5. Director of division of forestry; appointment; qualifications.

The director of the division of forestry shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve at the will and pleasure of the governor.The director shall be a graduate of a school of forestry accredited by the society of American foresters and have a minimum of ten years experience in forest management. The director's salary shall be sixty-five thousand dollars per year: Provided, That the director's salary shall be paid solely from budget appropriations to the division.