29A-3-1 Rules to be promulgated only in accordance with this article
29A-3-1a Filing proposed amendments to an existing rule; and repealing an existing rule
29A-3-1b Rules of the tax department
29A-3-2 Limitations on authority to exercise rule-making power
29A-3-3 Rules of procedure required
29A-3-4 Filing of proposed legislative exempt rules, procedural rules and interpretive rules
29A-3-5 Notice of proposed rulemaking
29A-3-6 Filing findings and determinations for rules in state register; evidence deemed public record
29A-3-7 Notice of hearings
29A-3-8 Adoption of legislative exempt, procedural, and interpretive rules
29A-3-9 Proposal of legislative rules
29A-3-10 Creation of a legislative rule-making review committee
29A-3-11 Submission of legislative rules to the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee
29A-3-12 Submission of legislative rules to Legislature
29A-3-13 Adoption of legislative rules; effective date
29A-3-14 Withdrawal or modification of proposed rules
29A-3-15 Emergency legislative rules; procedure for promulgation; definition
29A-3-15a Disapproval of emergency rules and amendments to emergency rules by the Secretary of State; judicial review
29A-3-15b Disapproval of emergency rules and amendments to emergency rules by the Attorney General; judicial review
29A-3-16 Legislative review of procedural rules, interpretive legislative rules
29A-3-17 Prior rules
29A-3-18 Severability of legislative rules
29A-3-19 Sunset provision in rules
29A-3-20 Executive review of agency rules, guidelines, policies and recommendations

Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 29A > Article 3 - Rule Making

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.