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.