ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 269
(By Senators Bowman, Bailey, Jackson, Redd, Rowe, Boley, Minear and Sprouse)
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[Passed April 4, 2001; to take effect July 1, 2001.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section seven, article one, chapter
twenty-two of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended; and to further amend said
article by adding thereto a new section, designated section
seven-a, all relating to continuing the office of water
resources.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seven, article one, chapter twenty-two of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted; and that said article be further
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section seven-
a, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
§22-1-7. Offices within division.
Consistent with the provisions of this article, the director
shall, at a minimum, maintain the following offices within the
division:
(1) The office of abandoned mine lands and reclamation, which
is charged, at a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under
the supervision of the director, the provisions of article two of
this chapter;
(2) The office of mining and reclamation, which is charged, at
a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the supervision
of the director, the provisions of articles three and four of this
chapter;
(3) The office of air quality, which is charged, at a minimum,
with administering and enforcing, under the supervision of the
director, the provisions of article five of this chapter;
(4) The office of oil and gas, which is charged, at a minimum,
with administering and enforcing, under the supervision of the
director, the provisions of articles six, seven, eight, nine and
ten of this chapter;
(5) The office of water resources, which is charged, at a
minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the supervision of
the director, the provisions of articles eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen of this chapter;
(6) The office of waste management, which is charged, at a
minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the supervision of
the director, the provisions of articles fifteen, sixteen,
seventeen, eighteen, nineteen and twenty of this chapter; and
(7) The office of explosives and blasting, which is charged,
at a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the
supervision of the director, the provisions of article three-a of
this chapter.
§22-1-7a. Termination of office of water resources.
The office of water resources shall terminate on the first day
of July, two thousand two, pursuant to the provisions of article
ten, chapter four of this code unless sooner terminated, continued
or reestablished pursuant to the provisions of that article.