Senate Bill No. 220
(By Senators Ross, Anderson,
Macnaughtan
,
Boley and Buckalew)
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[Introduced March 3, 1997; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section five, article nine,
chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
relating to authorizing and directing the cable
television advisory board to amend and promulgate a
legislative rule relating to the calculation and
collection of late fees.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section five, 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.
§64-9-5. Cable television advisory board.
The Legislature hereby authorizes and directs the
cable television advisory board to amend and promulgate
the legislative rules rule promulgated and final filed in
the state register on the eighteenth seventh day of July
June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five ninety-six,
under the authority of section twenty-six, article
eighteen, chapter five of this code, modified by the
cable television advisory board to meet the objections of
the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled
in the state register on the nineteenth day of September,
one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, relating to the
cable television advisory board (calculation and
collection of late fees, 187 CSR 6), are is authorized
with the amendment set forth below:
On page one, by striking out all of section three and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"3.1. Cable operators electing to charge late fees
may charge a fixed fee of not more than two dollars on
the unpaid balance after the scheduled due date."
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize and
direct the Cable Television Advisory Board
to promulgate
a legislative rule relating to the Calculation and
Collection of Late Fees
.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be
stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates
new language that would be added.