WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

ENROLLED

Committee Substitute

for

House Bill 4275

By Delegate Foster

[Passed March 7, 2020; in effect from passage.]

 

AN ACT to amend and reenact §64-6-1 et seq. of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to authorizing agencies of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety to promulgate legislative rules; authorizing the rules as modified by the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and as amended by the Legislature, authorizing the Fire Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to State Fire Code; and authorizing the Fire Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to State Building Code.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 6. Authorization for Department of military affairs and public safety to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-6-1. Fire Commission

(a) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 25, 2019, authorized under the authority of §29-3-5 of this code, modified by the Fire Commission to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on January 6, 2020, relating to the Fire Commission (State Fire Code, 87 CSR 01), is authorized.

(b) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 25, 2019, authorized under the authority of §29-3-5b of this code, modified by the Fire Commission to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on January 6, 2020, relating to the Fire Commission (State Building Code, 87 CSR 04), is authorized with the following amendments:

 On page four, by striking out all of paragraph 4.1.k.1 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“4.1.k.1 . For renovations in one- and  two- family homes where no new square footage is involved arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) protection shall not be required, except for in bedrooms. For renovations in one- and two- family homes where square footage is added but no electrical service is installed, arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) protection shall not be required.”