Senate 264

West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 264

BY Senator Rucker

[Introduced on January 15, 2026; referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-3-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to requirements governing water quality standards.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 3. Authorization for Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-3-1. Department of Environmental Protection.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 24, 2025, authorized under the authority of §22-11-4 of this code, modified by the Department of Environmental Protection to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on December 29, 2025, relating to the Division of Water and Waste Management (requirements governing water quality standards, 47 CSR 02), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Water and Waste Management to promulgate a legislative rule relating to requirements governing water quality standards.

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