Bill-SOS, Digital 153CSR31
H. B. 4169
(By Delegates Mahan, Wills, Cann, Kominar,
Faircloth and Riggs)
[Introduced January 25, 2002; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty, article nine, chapter
sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the
secretary of state to promulgate a legislative rule relating
to the use of digital signatures, state certification
authority and state repository.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
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That section twenty, article nine, chapter sixty-four of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO
PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-9-20. Secretary of state.
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(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
fourteenth day of July, two thousand, authorized under the
authority of section six, article one-a, chapter three, of this
code, relating to the secretary of state (agencies designated to
provide voter registration services, 153 CSR 28), is authorized.
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(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
twenty-sixth day of July, two thousand one, authorized under the
authority of section three, article three, chapter thirty-nine-a,
of this code, relating to the secretary of state (use of digital
signatures, state certification authority and state repository, 153
CSR 31), is authorized.
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NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary
of State to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Use of
Digital Signatures, State Certification Authority and State
Repository.
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Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.