H. B. 2553

(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 and reenact section three, article ten, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the division of labor to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the crane operator certification act.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section three, article ten, 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 10. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUREAU OF COMMERCE TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-10-3. Division of labor.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, under the authority of section six, article three-a, chapter twenty-one of this code, modified by the division of labor to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the division of labor (West Virginia occupational safety and health act, 42 CSR 15), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section three, article three-d, chapter twenty-one, of this code, modified by the division of labor to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the second day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the division of labor (crane operator certification act, 42 CSR 24), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Labor to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Crane Operator Certification Act.

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