Senate Bill No. 175

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Macnaughtan ,

Boley and Buckalew)

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[Introduced March 3, 1997; referred to the

Committee on Government Organization;

and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article six, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the fire commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the state building code.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section four, 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.

§64-6-4. Fire commission.

The legislative rules rule filed in the state register on the eighth first day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four ninety-six, 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 twenty-ninth day of November October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four ninety- six, relating to the fire commission (state building code, 87 CSR 4), are is 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'."


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Fire Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the State Building Code.


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