H. B. 2536

(By Delegates Hunt, Linch, Compton, Faircloth,

Jenkins and Riggs)


[Introduced February 1, 1999; 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-nine, relating to authorizing the family protection services board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the licensure of domestic violence perpetrator intervention programs.

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-nine, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.


§64-9-29. Family protection services board.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, under the authority of section thirteen, article two-c, chapter forty-eight, of this code, modified by the family protection services board to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twentieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the family protection services board (licensure of domestic violence perpetrator intervention programs, 191 CSR 2), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Family Protection Services Board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Licensure of Domestic Violence Perpetrator Intervention Programs.

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