Bill-SOS Elim
H. B. 4283

(By Delegates Hunt, Linch, Compton,

Jenkins, Faircloth and Riggs)


[Introduced January 28, 2000; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend and reenact section two, 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 elimination of precinct registration books.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section two, 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.

§64-9-2. Secretary of state.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the fourteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section six, article one-a, chapter three, and section thirteen, article two, chapter three of this code, relating to the secretary of state (agencies designated to provide voter registration services, 153 CSR 28), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section two, article one, chapter fifty-nine of this code, 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 ninety-eight, relating to the secretary of state (fees relating to electronic records, 153 CSR 2), is authorized.
(c) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter thirty-nine of this code, 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 ninety-eight, relating to the secretary of state (use of electronic signatures by state agencies, 153 CSR 30), is authorized.
(d) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section four, article five, chapter thirty-nine of this code, 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 ninety-eight, relating to the secretary of state (use of digital signatures, state certification authority and state repository, 153 CSR 31), is authorized.
(e) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, authorized under the authority of section twenty-one, article two, chapter three, of this code, 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 seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the secretary of state (elimination of precinct registration books , 153 CSR 9), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of State to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Elimination Of Precinct Registration Books
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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.