153 CSR 30
H. B. 4275


(By Delegates Brown, Miley, Burdiss, Talbott,

Overington and Sobonya)

[Introduced January 25, 2008; referred to the Committee on

Finance then the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend and reenact article 9, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Secretary of State to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the use of digital signatures, state certificate authority and the state repository.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article 9, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-9-1. Secretary of State.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty- seventh day of July, two thousand seven, authorized under the authority of section three, article three, chapter thirty-nine-a, 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 ninth day of October, two thousand seven, relating to the Secretary of State (use of digital signatures, state certificate authority and state repository, 153 CSR 30), is authorized.

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 Certificate Authority and the State Repository.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.