Bill Text: WV SB416 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizing Division of Natural Resources to promulgate legislative rule relating to commercial whitewater outfitters

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-09 - Reported in Com. Sub. for S. B. 409 [SB416 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2023-SB416-Introduced.html

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West Virginia Legislature

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 416

BY Senator Woodrum

[Introduced January 20, 2023; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-10-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to commercial whitewater outfitters.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 10. Authorization for Department of commerce to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-10-1. Division of Natural Resources.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 29, 2022, authorized under the authority of §20-2-23a of this code, relating to the Division of Natural Resources (commercial whitewater outfitters, 58 CSR 12), is authorized with the following amendment:

On page 18, subsection 15.1., by striking out all of subsection 15.1. and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection 15.1. to read as follows:

"15.1. The Division may refer violations of the provisions of this rule to the appropriate law enforcement or prosecutor’s office for criminal prosecution."

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to commercial whitewater outfitters.

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