H. B. 2297

                        (By Delegate Sobonya)

                        [Introduced January 26, 2015; referred to the

                        Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact article 10, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to lifetime hunting, trapping and fishing licenses.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That article 10, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 10. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUREAU OF COMMERCE TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-10-1. Division of Natural Resources.

            The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 30, 2014, authorized under the authority of section seven, article two-b, chapter twenty of this code, relating to the Division of Natural Resources (lifetime hunting, trapping and fishing licenses, 58 CSR 67), is authorized.

            NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Lifetime Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Licenses.

            This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.