47 CSR 2
H. B. 4149

(By Delegates Mahan, Palumbo, Cann, Pino, Armstead and


Overington)

[Introduced January 27, 2006; referred to the Committee on the


Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend and reenact article 3, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the requirements governing water quality standards.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article 3, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-3-1. Department of Environmental Protection.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-ninth day of July, two thousand five, authorized under the authority of section seven-b, article eleven, chapter twenty-two, of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (requirements governing water quality standards, 47 CSR 2), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Requirements Governing Water Quality Standards.

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