H. B. 2557

(By Delegates Hunt, Linch, Compton, Faircloth,

Jenkins and Riggs)


[Introduced February 1, 1999; referred to the Committee

on the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend and reenact section one, 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 natural resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to general trapping regulations.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section one, 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.


§64-10-1. Division of natural resources.
(a) 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- e, article seven, chapter twenty of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the division of natural resources (contracted extraordinary law- enforcement services, 58 CSR 13), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the fifth day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety- seven, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the division of natural resources (falconry, 58 CSR 65), is authorized.
(c) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the division of natural resources (general hunting, 58 CSR 49), is authorized.
(d) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty of this code, relating to the division of natural resources (prohibitions when hunting and trapping, 58 CSR 47), is authorized.
(e) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the second day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the division of natural resources (special boating rule for Jennings Randolph lake, 58 CSR 29), is authorized.
(f) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, authorized under the authority of section twenty-three, article seven, chapter twenty of this code, relating to the division of natural resources (special boating, 58 CSR 26), is authorized.
(g) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty of this code, relating to the division of natural resources (special fishing, 58 CSR 61), is authorized.
(h) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the division of natural resources (special migratory bird hunting, 58 CSR 56), is authorized.
(i) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the division of natural resources (special waterfowl hunting, 58 CSR 58), is authorized.
(j) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the second day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized by section seven, article one, chapter twenty, of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-third day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the division of natural resources (general trapping regulations, 58 CSR 53), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to General Trapping Regulations.

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