HB203 HFAT WEBSTER
Delegate Webster moved to amend the bill by striking out the
title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 203--
A Bill to amend the
Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new
article, designated §48-28-101, §48-28-102, §48-28-103, §48-28-104,
§48-28-105, §48-28-106, §48-28-107, §48-28-108, §48-28-109 and §48-
28-110 all relating to the creation and implementation of the
Address Confidentiality Program; providing for administration by
the Secretary of State; providing address confidentiality for
victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking; providing
eligibility and application requirements for participation in
program; requiring contents of an application be kept confidential;
establishing a process for certification of applicants as program
participants; providing for cancellation of a participant's
certification; providing for use of a designated confidential
address; allowing disclosure of actual residential or mailing
address under certain circumstances; establishing criminal
penalties for the filing of false information or breaching the
program's confidentiality; limiting the Secretary of State's
liability in certain circumstances; and requiring the Secretary of
State propose legislative and emergency rules.