Senate Bill No. 160

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Boley,

Buckalew, Grubb and Macnaughtan)

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[Introduced January 29, 1996; referred to the

Committee on Government Organization; and then to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend article two, 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 five, relating to authorizing the department of administration to promulgate legislative rules relating to purchasing.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article two, 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 five, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-2-5. Department of administration.
The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, under the authority of section four, article three, chapter five-a, of this code, modified by the department of administration to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, relating to the department of administration (purchasing, 148 CSR 1), are authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules relating to purchasing.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.