The office of explosives and blasting within the Department of Environmental Protection is hereby terminated, and its authority and functions are transferred to the Division of Mining and Reclamation.  With this transfer, all records, assets, and contracts, along with the rights and obligations thereunder, obtained or signed on behalf of the office of explosives and blasting are hereby transferred and assigned to the Division of Mining and Reclamation.  The secretary shall transfer from the office of explosives and blasting to the Division of Mining and Reclamation any personnel and assets presently used in the performance of the duties and functions required by sections thirty-four through thirty-seven of this article.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 22-3-34

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Division: means the Division of Environmental Protection. See West Virginia Code 22-3-3
  • Office: means any office, division, board, agency, unit, organizational entity or component thereof within the Department of Environmental Protection. See West Virginia Code 22-1-2
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. See West Virginia Code 22-1-2