ENROLLED

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 196

(Senators Ross, Anderson, Boley,

Buckalew, Grubb and Macnaughtan, original sponsors)


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[Passed March 9, 1996; in effect from passage.]

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AN ACT to amend and reenact article six, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating generally to the promulgation of administrative rules by the various executive or administrative agencies and the procedures relating thereto; legislative mandate or authorization for the promulgation of certain legislative rules by various executive and administrative agencies of the state; authorizing certain of the agencies to promulgate certain legislative rules in the form that the rules were filed in the state register; authorizing certain of the agencies to promulgate legislative rules as amended by the Legislature; authorizing certain of the agencies to promulgate legislative rules with various modifications presented to and recommended by the legislative rule-making review committee; authorizing the jail and correctional facility standards commission to promulgate legislative rules relating to the minimum standards for construction, operation and maintenance of jails, as modified; authorizing the jail and correctional facility standards commission to promulgate legislative rules relating to the minimum standards for the construction, operation and maintenance of correctional facilities, as modified; authorizing the state police to promulgate legislative rules relating to the West Virginia DNA databank, as modified; authorizing the state police to promulgate legislative rules relating to state police grievance procedures, as modified and amended; authorizing the state police to promulgate legislative rules relating to cadet physical qualifications, as modified; authorizing the state police to promulgate legislative rules relating to West Virginia state police professional standards investigations, as modified; authorizing the division of veterans affairs to promulgate legislative rules relating to the state home for veterans- fiscal, as modified; and authorizing the fire commission to promulgate legislative rules relating to the state building code, as modified and amended.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article six, 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 6. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-6-1. Jail and correctional facility standards commission.

(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, authorized under the authority of section nine, article twenty, chapter thirty-one of this code, modified by the jail and correctional facility standards commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, relating to the jail and correctional facility standards commission (West Virginia minimum standards for construction, operation and maintenance of jails, 95CSR1), are authorized.
(b) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, authorized under the authority of section nine, article twenty, chapter thirty-one of this code, modified by the jail and correctional facility standards commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the jail and correctional facility standards commission (minimum standards for construction, operation and maintenance of correctional facilities, 95CSR2), are authorized.
§64-6-2. State police.

(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, authorized under the authority of section twenty-four-a, article two, chapter fifteen of this code, modified by the state police to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the thirteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, relating to the state police (West Virginia DNA databank, 81CSR9), are authorized.
(b) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, authorized under the authority of section six, article two, chapter fifteen of this code, modified by the state police to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-second day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, relating to the state police (state police grievance procedures, 81CSR8), are authorized, with the following amendment:
"On page four, section 4.6, after the words 'a grievant may', by striking out the words 'have no', and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'not have'".
(c) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, authorized under the authority of section twenty-five, article two, chapter fifteen of this code, modified by the state police to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-second day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, relating to the state police (cadet physical qualifications, 81CSR2), are authorized.
(d) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, authorized under the authority of section twenty-five, article two, chapter fifteen of this code, modified by the state police to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-second day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, relating to the state police (West Virginia state police professional standards investigations, 81CSR10), are authorized.
§64-6-3. Division of veterans affairs.

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 three, article two, chapter nine-a of this code, modified by the division of veterans affairs to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the second day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, relating to the division of veterans affairs (state home for veterans-fiscal, 86CSR2), are authorized.
§64-6-4. Fire commission.

The legislative rules filed in the state register on the eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, modified by the fire commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the sixteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the fire commission (state building code, 87CSR4), are authorized with the following amendments:
"On page two, subsection 3.1, by striking out the words 'more stringent' and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'state fire';
And,
On page two, subsection 4.1, by striking out the words 'However, Section PM-104.4 "Right of Entry"' and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'This maintenance code'".