35 CSR 3
Senate Bill No. 253
(By Senators Minard, Fanning, Prezioso,
Unger and Boley)
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[Introduced January 26, 2007; referred to the
Committee on Energy, Industry and Mining;
and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
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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 coalbed methane wells.
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-seventh day of July, two thousand six, authorized under the authority of section four, article twenty-one, chapter twenty-two,
of this code, modified by the Department of Environmental
Protection to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making
review committee and refiled in the state register on the \ day of
January, two thousand seven, relating to the Department of
Environmental Protection (coalbed methane wells, 35 CSR 3), is
authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department
of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule
relating to Coalbed Methane Wells.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.