WEST virginia legislature 2025 regular session Committee Substitute for House Bill 2222 BY Delegate D. Smith [Originating in the Committee on Government Organization; Reported on February 25, 2025] A BILL to amend and reenact §64-2-1 et seq. of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules; authorizing the rules as filed and as modified by the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee; authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the administration of records management and preservation; authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to retention and disposal scheduling; authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the management of records maintained by the Records Center; authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to exemptions from management services provided by the Fleet Management Division; authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to financial services reporting; authorizing the Information Services and Communications Division to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the plan of operation; authorizing the Information Services and Communications Division to promulgate a legislative rule relating to telecommunications payments made by state spending units; authorizing the Office of Technology to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the plan of operation; authorizing the Office of Technology to promulgate a legislative rule relating to telecommunications payments made by state spending units; authorizing Public Defender Services to promulgate a rule relating to the payment of fees and reimbursement of expenses of court-appointed attorneys. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ## ARTICLE 2. Authorization for Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules. The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 19, 2024, authorized under the authority of §29-21-5 of this code, relating to the Public Defender Services (payment of fees and reimbursement of expenses of court-appointed attorneys, 89 CSR 01), is authorized. NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Administration and certain agencies thereof to promulgate legislative rules. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.