Senate Bill No. 311

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Minard,

Snyder, Boley and Minear)

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[Introduced January 24, 2002; referred to the

Committee on Government Organization;

and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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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-three, relating to authorizing the board of accountancy to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the board and rules of professional conduct.

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-three, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-9-23. Board of accountancy.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand one, under the authority of section five, article nine, chapter thirty, of this code, modified by the board of accountancy to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of November, two thousand one, relating to the board of accountancy (board rules and rules of professional conduct, 1 CSR 1), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Accountancy to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Board and Rules of Professional Conduct.

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