35 CSR 4H. B. 4226

(By Delegates Brown, D. Poling, Miley, Talbott, Overington and Sobonya)

[Introduced January 29, 2010; referred to the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact article 3, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to oil and gas wells and other wells.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article 3, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-3-1. Department of Environmental Protection.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-first day of April, two thousand nine, authorized under the authority of section two, article six, chapter twenty-two, of this code, modified by the Department of Environmental Protection to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the fifteenth day of January, two thousand ten, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (oil and gas wells and other wells, 35 CSR 4), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Oil and Gas Wells and Other Wells.

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