§11-14A-12. Enforcement powers.

(a) Any employee or agent of the Tax Commissioner or any employee or agent of the commissioner of the West Virginia department of highways or any employee or agent of the West Virginia Public Service Commission so authorized by the Tax Commissioner or the commissioner of the West Virginia department of highways or the West Virginia Public Service Commission shall have all the lawful powers delegated to members of the department of public safety to enforce the provisions of this article, when bonded as hereinafter provided in this section.

(b) Any such employee or agent so authorized by either the Tax Commissioner or by the commissioner of the West Virginia department of highways or by the West Virginia Public Service Commission shall execute a bond with security in the sum of $3,500, payable to the State of West Virginia, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, as such, and such bond shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General, and the same shall be filed with the Secretary of State and preserved in his office.

(c) The provisions of this bill shall apply notwithstanding section five, article ten of this chapter.