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Senate Bill No. 269

(By Senators Bowman, Bailey, Jackson, Redd, Rowe, Boley, Minear and Sprouse)

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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization; reported March 1, 2001]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section seven, article one, chapter twenty-two of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended; and to further amend said article by adding thereto a new section, designated section seven-a, all relating to continuing the office of water resources.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seven, article one, chapter twenty-two of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that said article be further amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section seven-a, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

§22-1-7. Offices within division.
(a) Consistent with the provisions of this article, the director shall, at a minimum, maintain the following offices within the division:
(1) The office of abandoned mine lands and reclamation, which is charged, at a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the supervision of the director, the provisions of article two of this chapter;
(2) The office of mining and reclamation, which is charged, at a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the supervision of the director, the provisions of articles three and four of this chapter;
(3) The office of air quality, which is charged, at a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the supervision of the director, the provisions of article five of this chapter;
(4) The office of oil and gas, which is charged, at a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the supervision of the director, the provisions of articles six, seven, eight, nine and ten of this chapter;
(5) The office of water resources, which is charged, at a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the supervision of the director, the provisions of articles eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen of this chapter;
(6) The office of waste management, which is charged, at a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the supervision of the director, the provisions of articles fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen and twenty of this chapter; and
(7) The office of explosives and blasting, which is charged, at a minimum, with administering and enforcing, under the supervision of the director, the provisions of article three-a of this chapter.
(b) Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, the office of water resources within the division of environmental protection shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two thousand one.
§22-1-7a. Termination of office of water resources.
The office of water resources shall terminate on the first day of July, two thousand two, pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished pursuant to the provisions of that article.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is continue the office of water resources until July 1, 2002, pursuant to the West Virginia sunset law.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

This bill has been recommended for passage by the joint committee on government operations.)
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