Senate Bill No. 353
(By Senators Bowman, Bailey, Burnette,
Kessler, Minard, Redd, Rowe,
Snyder, Boley, Minear and Sprouse)
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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;
reported January 24, 2002.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article one, chapter
twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended; to further amend said article by
adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-one;
and to amend article five of said chapter by adding thereto a
new section, designated section twenty, all relating to
continuing the parks section of the division of natural
resources; and continuing the division of natural resources.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article one, chapter twenty of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended and reenacted; that said article be further amended by
adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-one; and
that article five of said chapter be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
§20-1-3. Division of natural resources, office of director and
commission established;
A division of natural resources, the office of director of the
division of natural resources and a natural resources commission
are hereby created and established in the state government with
jurisdiction, powers, functions, services and enforcement processes
as provided in this chapter and elsewhere by law.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of
this code, the division of natural resources shall continue to
exist until the first day of July, two thousand one.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of
this code, the parks section and parks functions of the division of
natural resources, transferred to the division of natural resources
pursuant to the provisions of section twelve, article one, chapter
five-b of this code, shall continue to exist within the division of
natural resources until the first day of July, two thousand two.
§20-1-21. Continuation of the division of natural resources.
The division of natural resources shall continue to exist
until the first day of July, two thousand three, 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.
ARTICLE 5. PARKS AND RECREATION.
§20-5-20. Continuation of the parks section of division of natural
resources.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of
this code, the parks section and parks functions of the division of
natural resources, transferred to the division of natural resources
pursuant to the provisions of section twelve, article one, chapter
five-b of this code, shall continue to exist within the division of
natural resources until the first day of July, two thousand four,
unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished pursuant to
the provisions of that article.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to continue the parks
section and parks function of the division of natural resources
until July 1, 2004, and to continue the division of natural
resources until July 1, 2003, pursuant to the West Virginia sunset
law. This bill is recommended by the joint committee on government
operations for passage during the 2002 regular session of the
Legislature.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added. Section twenty-two, article one and section twenty,
article five are new; therefore underscoring has been omitted.)