ENROLLED
H. B. 4255

(By Delegates Douglas, Collins, Claypole,
Prunty, Stalnaker, Tucker and Capito)

[Passed February 23, 1998; in effect ninety days from passage.]

AN ACT
to amend and reenact section twenty-six, article twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuing the state lottery commission.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty-six, article twenty-two, chapter twenty- nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 22. STATE LOTTERY ACT.

§29-22-26. Continuation of state lottery commission.

After having conducted a performance audit through its joint committee on government operations, pursuant to section nine, article ten, chapter four of this code, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that the state lottery commission should be continued and reestablished. Accordingly, notwithstanding the provisions of section four, article ten, chapter four of this code, the state lottery commission shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two thousand one.