Bill Text: WV SB375 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizing Athletic Commission to promulgate legislative rule relating to regulation of mixed martial arts

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-02 - Reported in Com. Sub. for S. B. 361 [SB375 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2023-SB375-Introduced.html

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West Virginia Legislature

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 375

By Senator Woodrum

[Introduced January 20, 2023; referred
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 Athletic Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to regulation of mixed martial arts.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 9. Authorization for Department of miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-9-1. Athletic Commission.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 27, 2022, authorized under the authority of §29-5A-3a of this code, modified by the Athletic Commission to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on October 20, 2022, relating to the Athletic Commission (regulation of mixed martial arts, 177 CSR 02), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Athletic Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to regulation of mixed martial arts.

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