Senate Bill No. 211

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Boley,

Buckalew, Grubb and Macnaughtan)


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[Introduced January 29, 1996; referred to the

Committee on Natural Resources; and then to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article ten, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the division of natural resources to promulgate legislative rules relating to the public use of campgrounds in West Virginia state parks, state forests and state wildlife management areas under the division of natural resources.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section two, article ten, 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 10. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUREAU OF COMMERCE TO

PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-10-2. Division of natural resources.

(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the fourteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, authorized under the authority of section five-a, article eleven, chapter twenty, of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the eighth day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the division of natural resources (recycling assistance fund grant program, 58 CSR 43 5), are authorized.
(b) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twelfth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty, of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the division of natural resources (West Virginia wildlife management areas, 58 CSR 6 43), are authorized with the following amendments:
On page four, section 6.4.3, before the word "No" by inserting "Except for persons who are under sixteen years of age and who have a valid West Virginia hunting license,";
And,
On page four, section 6.4.3, by deleting the capital letter "N" and substituting in lieu thereof the lower case "n."
(c) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twelfth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty, of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the division of natural resources (special bear hunting regulations, 58 CSR 11C 48), are authorized.
(d) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twelfth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty, of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the division of natural resources (wild boar hunting regulations, 58 CSR 11G 52), are authorized.
(e) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the fifteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty, of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the division of natural resources (special fishing rule, 58 CSR 21 61), are authorized with the following amendment:
On page four, section 58-21-5, paragraph 5.1.1, by deleting the numeral "15" and inserting in lieu thereof the numeral "13".
(f) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the second day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty, of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the sixteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the division of natural resources (rules governing public use of West Virginia state parks, state forests and state wildlife management areas under the division of natural resources, 58 CSR 58 31), are authorized with the following amendment:
On page five, section 2.23, line four, before the word "chartered" by inserting the word "A" and by deleting the letter "s" at the end of the word "foundations".
(g) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twelfth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty, of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the division of natural resources (prohibitions when hunting and trapping, 58 CSR 11B 47) are authorized with the following amendments:
On page two, by striking out section 3.5 and renumbering the remaining sections;
In section 3.7, after the word "net" by inserting the word "bait" and after the word "any" by inserting the word "deer";
And,
By striking out subsection 3.7.1 and renumbering the remaining sections.
(h) 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 seven, article one, chapter twenty, of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, relating to the division of natural resources (rules governing public use of campgrounds in West Virginia state parks, state forests and state wildlife management areas under the division of natural resources, 58 CSR 32), are authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate legislative rules relating to the public use of campgrounds in West Virginia state parks, state forests and state wildlife management areas under the Division of Natural Resources.

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