BILL-Human Rights, Discrim.
Senate Bill No. 185

(By Senators Manchin, Anderson, Grubb and Minard)

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[Introduced January 31, 1994; referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section eight, article five, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the human rights commission to promulgate legislative rules relating to discrimination against individuals with disabilities.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section eight, article five, 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 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-5-8. Human rights commission.

(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the tenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety, modified by the human rights commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety, relating to the human rights commission(discrimination against the handicapped), are authorized.
(b) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twenty-second day of March, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one, modified by the human rights commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the fourteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one, relating to the human rights commission (sexual harassment), are authorized.
(c) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twenty-second day of March, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one, modified by the human rights commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the eighteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one, relating to the human rights commission (exemption of private clubs), are authorized.
(d) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twenty-second day of March, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one, modified by the human rights commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the eighteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one, relating to the human rights commission (religious discrimination), are authorized.
(e) The legislative rules filed in the state register as an emergency rule on the twenty-second day of March, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one, relating to the human rights commission (waiver of rights under the human rights act), are authorized.
(f) The legislative rules filed in the state register on thesixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, modified by the human rights commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-third day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, relating to the human rights commission (discrimination against individuals with disabilities), are authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Human Rights Commission to promulgate legislative rules relating to discrimination against individuals with disabilities.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.