H. B. 2576

(By Delegates Hunt, Linch, Compton, Faircloth,

Jenkins and Riggs)


[Introduced February 1, 1999; referred to the Committee

on 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 board of veterinary medicine to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certified euthanasia technicians.

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. Board of veterinary medicine.
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 nine, article ten-a, chapter thirty, of this code, modified by the board of veterinary medicine to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the board of veterinary medicine (certified euthanasia technicians, 26 CSR 5), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board Of Veterinary Medicine to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Certified Euthanasia Technicians.

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