H. B. 4142


(By Delegates Hunt, Linch, Compton, Jenkins,

Faircloth and Riggs)

[Introduced January 30, 1998; referred to

the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

then the Judiciary .]



A BILL to amend and reenact section one, 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 a legislative rule relating to special fishing.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section one, 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.

§64-10-1. Division of natural resources.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the sixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, authorized under the authority of section five- d, article two, 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-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the division of natural resources (fertility control of free roaming wildlife, 58 CSR 66), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the sixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, 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-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the division of natural resources (prohibitions when hunting and trapping, 58 CSR 47), is authorized.
(c) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the sixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, 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-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the division of natural resources (falconry, 58 CSR 65), is authorized.
(d) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty, of this code, relating to the division of natural resources (special fishing, 58 CSR 61), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Special Fishing.

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