2026 Regular Session
Link to Bill History on Legacy Website (Click Here)Summary: Department of Agriculture rule relating to grades and standards for apples
PDF: sb313 intr.pdf
DOCX: SB313 INTR.docx
West Virginia Legislature
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 313
BY Senator Rucker
[Introduced January 15, 2026; 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 Department of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to grades and standards for apples.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules.
§64-9-1. Department of Agriculture.
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on June 24, 2025, authorized under the authority of §19-5-1 of this code, modified by the Department of Agriculture to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on August 18, 2025, relating to the Department of Agriculture (grades and standards for apples, 61 CSR 08), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to grades and standards for apples.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.