WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2017 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 2219

By Delegate Sobonya

[Introduced February 9, 2017; Referred

to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Livestock Care Standards.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-9-1. Commissioner of Agriculture.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 23, 2016, authorized under the authority of section four, article one-c, chapter nineteen of this code, relating to the Commissioner of Agriculture (Livestock Care Standards, 61 CSR 31), is authorized.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Livestock Care Standards.

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