2026 Regular Session
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West Virginia Legislature
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 695
BY Senator Rucker
[Introduced January 30, 2026; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-10-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 10. Authorization for Department of commerce to promulgate legislative rules.
§64-10-1. Department of Commerce.
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on January 12, 2026, authorized under the authority of §5B-2-21 of this code, modified by the Department of Commerce to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on January 29, 2026, relating to the Department of Commerce (certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center, 145 CSR 20), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.