H. B. 4152

(By Delegates Hunt, Linch, Compton, Jenkins,


Faircloth and Riggs)

[Introduced January 30, 1998; referred to the

Committee on Government Organization then the Judiciary.]





A BILL to amend article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty, relating to authorizing the board of examiners in counseling to promulgate a legislative rule relating to licensing.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.


§64-9-20. Board of Examiners in Counseling.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, under the authority of section five, article thirty-one, chapter thirty, of this code, modified by the board of examiners in counseling to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the board of examiners in counseling (licensing, 27 CSR 1), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Examiners in Counseling to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Licensing.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.