158 CSR 3

Senate Bill No. 336

(By Senators Minard, Fanning, Prezioso,

Unger, Boley and Minear)

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[Introduced January 27, 2006; referred to the

Committee the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact article 2, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Ethics Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to complaints, investigations and hearings.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article 2, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-2-1. Ethics Commission.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twentieth day of July, two thousand five, authorized under the authority of section two, article two, chapter six-b, of this code, relating to the Ethics Commission (complaints, investigations and hearings, 158 CSR 3), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Ethics Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Complaints, Investigations and Hearings.

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