HB2767 S GOV AMT

Bailey 7965

The Committee on Government Organization 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 2767--A Bill to amend and reenact §31B-1-111 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §31D-5-504 of said code; to amend and reenact §31E-5-504 of said code; to amend and reenact §47-9-4 of said code; and to amend and reenact §56-3-31, §56-3-33, §56-3-33a and §56-3-34 of said code, all relating to required service of process procedures for the Secretary of State generally; modifying service of process procedures for when Secretary of State acts as an agent for limited liability companies, certain corporations, limited partnerships, and certain nonresidents of the state; requiring the Secretary of State to create a preservation duplicate of certain refused or undeliverable process, notice or demand; authorizing the Secretary of State to destroy or otherwise dispose of original returned or undeliverable mail; and requiring the Secretary of State provide written notice of such action to the circuit clerk’s office of the court from which certain process, notice or demand was issued by certified mail, facsimile or by electronic mail.