Senate Bill No. 114
(By Senator Bailey)
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[Introduced January 10, 2003; referred to the Committee on
Natural Resources; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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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, relating to renaming the division of
natural resources the division of wildlife, recreation and
parks.
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 to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
§20-1-3. Division of natural resources, office of director and
commission established; division renamed
division of
wildlife, recreation and parks.
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.
On the first day of July, two thousand three, the division of
natural resources is renamed the division of wildlife, recreation
and parks. After that, wherever the term "division of natural
resources" is used in this code it means "division of wildlife,
recreation and parks."
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to rename the Division of
Natural Resources the Division of Wildlife, Recreation and Parks.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.