West Virginia Legislature

2024 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4088

BY Delegate Smith

[Introduced January 10, 2024; Referred

to Committee on Government Organization then 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 Labor to promulgate a legislative rule relating to minimum wage, maximum hours, and overtime compensation.

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 Labor.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on June 6, 2023, authorized under the authority of §21-5C-6 of this code, modified by the Division of Labor to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 19, 2023, relating to the Division of Labor (minimum wage, maximum hours, and overtime compensation, 42 CSR 08), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Labor to promulgate a legislative rule relating to minimum wage, maximum hours, and overtime compensation.

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