West Virginia Legislature 2025 REGULAR SESSION Introduced House Bill Number BY Delegate D. Smith [Introduced; referred to the Committee on.] A BILL to amend and reenact §64-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to public water systems. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ## ARTICLE 5. Authorization for Department of Health to promulgate legislative rules. The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 27, 2024, authorized under the authority of §16-1-4 of this code, modified by the Department of Health to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on October 11, 2024, relating to the Department of Health (public water systems, 64 CSR 03), is authorized. NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to public water systems. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.