(a) Except as the Legislature may by law otherwise provide, within 60 days after the effective date of an act authorizing promulgation of a legislative rule, the agency shall promulgate the rule only in conformity with the provisions of law authorizing and directing the promulgation of the rule.(b) A legislative rule authorized by the Legislature is effective upon filing in the State Register, or on the effective date fixed by the authorizing act, or if none is fixed by law, a later date not to exceed 90 days, as is fixed by the agency.(c) The Secretary of State shall note in the State Register the effective date of an authorized and promulgated legislative rule, and shall promptly publish the duly promulgated rule in the Code of State Rules maintained by his or her office.
West Virginia Legal Code