Senate Bill No. 629

(By Senators McKenzie, Buckalew, Deem, Dugan, Love, Kimble, Sprouse and Prezioso)

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[Introduced February 20, 1998; referred to the Committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article seven, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section one-f, relating to law-enforcement programs of the division of natural resources; and providing for the transfer of responsibility of these programs to the secretary of military affairs and public safety.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article seven, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section one-f, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. LAW ENFORCEMENT, MOTORBOATING, LITTER.

§20-7-1f. Transfer to secretary of military affairs and public safety.
Effective the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety, the law enforcement programs of the division of natural resources shall be transferred to the secretary of military affairs and public safety who shall thereafter be responsible for the supervision and direction of the division of natural resources law-enforcement practices, means and methods.



NOTE: This bill transfers the law enforcement programs of the Division of Natural Resources to the Secretary of Military Affairs and Public Safety.

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