Bill Text: WV SB192 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to industrial hemp
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-25 - Reported in Com. Sub. for S. B. 199 [SB192 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2019-SB192-Introduced.html
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 192
By Senator Maynard
[Introduced January 10, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development; and then to the
Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to industrial hemp.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 9. Authorization for Miscellaneous Agencies and Boards to promulgate legislative rules.
§64-9-1. Commissioner of Agriculture.
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 27, 2018, authorized under the authority of §19-12E-7 of this code, modified by the Commissioner of Agriculture to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on December 11, 2018, relating to the Commissioner of Agriculture (industrial hemp, 61 CSR 29), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to industrial hemp.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.