COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 181

(By Senator Snyder)

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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;

reported February 19, 2014.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact article 2, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to the promulgation of administrative rules by the Department of Administration; legislative mandate or authorization for the promulgation of certain legislative rules by various executive or administrative agencies of the state; authorizing certain of the agencies to promulgate certain legislative rules in the form that the rules were filed in the State Register; authorizing certain of the agencies to promulgate certain legislative rules with various modifications presented to and recommended by the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee; authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to state-owned vehicles; and authorizing the Consolidated Public Retirement Board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Public Employees Retirement System.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That article 2, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-2-1. Department of Administration.

    The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 25, 2013, authorized under the authority of section forty-eight, article three, chapter five-a of this code, relating to the Department of Administration (state owned vehicles, 148 CSR 3), is authorized.

§64-2-2. Consolidated Public Retirement Board.

    The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 25, 2013, authorized under the authority of section one, article ten-d, chapter five of this code, modified by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on August 30, 2013, relating to the Consolidated Public Retirement Board (Public Employees Retirement System, 162 CSR5), is authorized.