West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 327

BY Senator Rucker

[Introduced January 15, 2026; referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the State Auditor to promulgate a legislative rule relating to standards for requisitions for payment issued by the state officers on the Auditor.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-9-1. State Auditor.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on February 7, 2025, authorized under the authority of §12-3-10 of this code, modified by the State Auditor to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on October 17, 2025, relating to the State Auditor (standards for requisitions for payment issued by the state officers on the Auditor, 155 CSR 01), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Auditor to promulgate a legislative rule relating to standards for requisitions for payment issued by the state officers on the Auditor.

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