WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2021 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 2477

By Delegate Foster

[Introduced February 13, 2021; Referred

to the Committee on Government Organization]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Secretary of State to promulgate a legislative rule relating to loan and grant programs under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) for the purchase of voting equipment, election systems, software, services and upgrades.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

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 June 23, 2020, authorized under the authority of §3-1-48 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 December 4, 2020, relating to the Secretary of State (loan and grant programs under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) for the purchase of voting equipment, election systems, software, services and upgrades, 153 CSR 10), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of State to promulgate a legislative rule relating to loan and grant programs under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) for the purchase of voting equipment, election systems, software, services and upgrades.

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