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West Virginia Legislature
2026 REGULAR SESSION
ENROLLED
House Bill 4983
By Delegate D. Smith
[March 13, 2026; in effect from passage]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §64-10-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules; authorizing the rules as filed and as modified by the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and as amended by the Legislature; authorizing the Department of Economic Development to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Tourism Development Districts; and authorizing the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 10. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO     PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
 §64-10-1. Department of Commerce.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on October 8, 2024, authorized under the authority of §5B-1-9 of this code, relating to the Division of Economic Development (Tourism Development Districts, 145 CSR 16), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on January 12, 2026, authorized under the authority of §5B-2-21 of this code, modified by the Department of Commerce to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on January 29, 2026, relating to the Department of Commerce (certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center, 145 CSR 20), is authorized with the following amendment:
On page 1, subsection 2.4., after the word “use” by inserting the words “or access of water”.
The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate hereby certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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