H. B. 2622

(By Delegates Poore, Marcum, Fleischauer, Frich, and Eldridge.)

         [Introduced February 25, 2013; referred to the

         Committee on 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 hazardous waste administrative proceedings and civil penalty assessment.

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-fourth day of August, two thousand twelve, authorized under the authority of section seventeen, article eighteen, chapter twenty-two, of this code, relating to the Department of Environmental Protection (hazardous waste administrative proceedings and civil penalty assessment, 33 CSR 27), is authorized.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Hazardous Waste Administrative Proceedings and Civil Penalty Assessment.

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