COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 195
(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Macnaughtan, Boley and
Buckalew)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported April 2, 1997.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article eight, 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 division of motor vehicles to promulgate a legislative rule relating to
the motor vehicle inspection manual; and authorizing the
division of motor vehicles to promulgate a legislative rule
relating to compulsory motor vehicle insurance.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article eight, 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 8. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
ยง64-8-1. Division of motor vehicles.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
fifteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six,
authorized under the authority of section nine, article two,
chapter seventeen-a of this code, modified by the division of motor
vehicles to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making
review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty- fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six,
relating to the division of motor vehicles (motor vehicle
inspection manual, 91 CSR 12), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
twenty-second day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six,
authorized under the authority of section nine, article two,
chapter seventeen-a of this code, modified by the division of motor vehicles to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making
review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty- eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six,
relating to the division of motor vehicles (compulsory motor
vehicle insurance, 91 CSR 13), is authorized.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the various
agencies under the Department of Transportation to promulgate
legislative rules.)