ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 474
(By Senator Felton)
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[Introduced March 22, 1993; referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources; 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 division of
environmental protection to promulgate legislative rules
relating to West Virginia surface mining and reclamation.
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. Division of environmental protection.
The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
thirtieth day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two,in accordance with subsection (b), section eleven-a, article
three, chapter twenty-two-a of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the
division of environmental protection (West Virginia surface
mining and reclamation), are authorized.
with the amendments set forth below:
On page 219, subsection 38-2-14.15, (b), subparagraph (5),
by striking out the words "thirty (30) percent" and inserting in
lieu thereof the words "fifty (50) percent";
And,
On page 220, subsection 38-2-14.15, (b), subparagraph (6),
subpart (iv), by striking out the words "semi-annually" and
inserting in lieu thereof the word "annually".