H. B. 2564


(By Delegates Marshall and Caputo)
[Introduced February 17, 2009; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §64-6-4, relating to amending the Fire Commission rule adopting the State Fire Code ; and limiting the exemption given to buildings used wholly as dwelling houses for no more than two families to those buildings only when owner-occupied.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §64-6-4, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-6-4. Fire commission.
The legislative rule contained in title eighty-seven, series one, and filed in the State Register on April 26, 2006, under the
authority of section five, article three, chapter twenty-nine of this code,
relating to the Fire Commission (State Fire Code, 87 CSR 1) is reauthorized with the following amendment:
On page one, section one, subsection 1.5, by inserting before the word "buildings" the words "owner-occupied".



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to amend the Fire Commission Rule adopting the Fire Code. The bill limits the exemption given to buildings used wholly as dwelling houses for no more than two families to those buildings only when owner-occupied.


Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.