Senate Bill No. 192

(By Senator Snyder)

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[Introduced January 8, 2014; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact article 7, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Racing Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to thoroughbred racing.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That article 9, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 7. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-7-1. Racing Commission.

    The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 26, 2013, authorized under the authority of section six, article twenty-three, chapter nineteen of this code, modified by the Racing Commission to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on October 31, 2013, relating to the Racing Commission (thoroughbred racing, 178 CSR 1), is authorized.

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

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