Senate Bill No. 184

(By Senator Snyder)

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[Introduced January 14, 2015; referred to the Committee on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact article 6, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the State Fire Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to volunteer firefighters' training, equipment and operating standards.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That article 6, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 6. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS AND                                  PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-6-1. State Fire Commission.

            The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 1, 2014, authorized under the authority of section five-d, article three, chapter twenty-nine, of this code, relating to the State Fire Commission (volunteer firefighters' training, equipment and operating standards, 87 CSR 8), is authorized.

            NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Fire Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Volunteer Firefighters' Training, Equipment and Operating Standards.

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