Senate Bill No. 80

(By Senators Anderson, Boley,

Grubb, Macnaughtan and Manchin)

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[Introduced January 20, 1995; referred to the

Committee on Finance; and then to the Committee

on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty-four, 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 legislative rules relating to the combined voter registration and driver licensing fund.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section twenty-four, 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 AGENIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.


§64-9-24. Secretary of state.


(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred eighty-five, modified by the secretary of state to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred eighty-five, relating to the secretary of state (standard size and format for rules and related documents filed in the secretary of state's office), are authorized.
(b) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the seventeenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, modified by the secretary of state to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-third day of September, one thousand nine hundred eighty-seven, relating to the secretary of state (standard size and format for rules and procedures for publication of the state register or parts of the state register), are authorized.
(c) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine, modified by the secretary of state to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twentieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine, relating to the secretary of state (West Virginia farm product lien central filing system), are authorized.
(d) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the thirteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety, relating to the secretary of state (guidelines for the use of nicknames and other designations on the ballot), are authorized.
(e) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the fourteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety, relating to the secretary of state (absentee voting by military voters who are members of reserve units called to active duty), are authorized.
(f) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the seventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one, modified by the secretary of state to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two, relating to the secretary of state (filing fee for credit service organizations), are authorized.
(g) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the seventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-one, modified by the secretary of state to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two, relating to the secretary of state (combined voter registration and driver licensing programs), are authorized.
(h) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the sixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, modified by the secretary of state to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-third day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, relating to the secretary of state (official election forms and vendor authorization), are authorized.
(i) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the fifteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, modified by the secretary of state to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the fourteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the secretary of state (combined voter registration and driver licensing fund), are authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of State to promulgate legislative rules relating to the Combined Voter Registration and Driver Licensing Fund.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.