Bill Text: WV SB198 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Agriculture Commissioner rule relating to seed certification program

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-25 - Reported in Com. Sub. for S. B. 199 [SB198 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2019-SB198-Introduced.html

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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2019 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 198

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 seed certification program.

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 §19-16-3a 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 (seed certification program, 61 CSR 39), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to seed certification program.

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