Senate Bill No. 271

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Bowman, Macnaughtan ,

Boley and Buckalew)

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[Introduced January 30, 1998; referred to the

Committee on Agriculture;

and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the commissioner of agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to fish processing.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section one, article nine, 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 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-9-1. Commissioner of agriculture.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-third day of April, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, authorized under the authority of section two, article nine, chapter nineteen of this code, modified by the commissioner of agriculture to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the commissioner of agriculture (animal disease control, 61 CSR 1), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, authorized under the authority of section one, article twenty-nine, chapter nineteen, of this code, modified by the commissioner of agriculture to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the commissioner of agriculture (fish processing, 61 CSR 23A), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Fish Processing.

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