WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION Introduced House Bill 2288 By Delegate D. Smith [Introduced ; referredto the Committee on the ] 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 West Virginia fish processing. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ## ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules. The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 29, 2024, authorized under the authority of §19-29-1 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 December 2, 2024, relating to the Department of Agriculture (West Virginia fish processing, 61 CSR 23A), is authorized. NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Agriculture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to West Virginia fish processing. Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.