Senate Bill No. 299

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Minard,

Snyder, Unger and Minear)

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[Introduced March 2, 2001; referred to the

Committee on Agriculture; and then to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the commissioner of agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to traditional cheese production.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article nine, 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 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-9-1. Commissioner of agriculture.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, authorized under the authority of section ten, article ten-a, chapter nineteen of this code, relating to the commissioner of agriculture (marketing of eggs, 61 CSR 7A), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-seventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety- nine, authorized under the authority of section three, article eleven-d, chapter nineteen, of this code, modified by the commissioner of agriculture to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the fourth day of May, two thousand, relating to the commissioner of agriculture (traditional cheese production, 61 CSR 4), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Traditional Cheese Production.

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