Senate Bill No. 258

(By Senators Ross, Minard,

Snyder, Boley and Minear)

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[Introduced January 23, 2003; referred 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 nineteen, relating to authorizing the ethics commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to lobbying.

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 nineteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

 §64-9-19. Ethics commission.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the nineteenth day of July, two thousand two, authorized under the authority of section two, article three, chapter six-b, of this code, relating to the ethics commission (lobbying, 158 CSR 12), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Ethics Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Lobbying.

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