House 4279

West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4279

BY Delegate D. Smith

[Introduced; referred

to the committee on]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Attorney General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to administration of preneed burial contracts.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

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

§64-9-1. Attorney General.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on May 27, 1988, authorized under the authority of §47-14-9 of this code, relating to the Attorney General (administration of preneed burial contracts, 142 CSR 08), is authorized with the amendments set forth below:

On page 1, by adding a new subsection 1.10. to read as follows:

"1.10. Sunset Provision – This rule shall terminate and have no further force or effect on August 1, 2036."

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Attorney General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to administration of preneed burial contracts.

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