Senate Bill No. 217
(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Boley,
Buckalew, Grubb and Macnaughtan)
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[Introduced January 29, 1996; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article nine,
chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
relating to authorizing the secretary of state to
promulgate legislative rules relating to guidelines
for the use of nicknames and other designations on
the ballot.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article nine, chapter sixty-four
of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted, to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND
BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-9-2. Secretary of state.
(a) The legislative rules filed in the state
register on the fifteenth day of August, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-four,
authorized under the authority
of section three, article two, chapter three, 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
fourteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four, relating to the secretary of state (combined
voter registration and driver licensing fund, 153 CSR
28), are authorized.
(b) The legislative rules filed in the state
register on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-five, authorized under the authority
of section six, article one-a, chapter three, 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 twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-six, relating to the secretary of state
(guidelines for the use of nicknames and other
designations on the ballot, 153 CSR 14), are authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the
Secretary of State to promulgate legislative rules
relating to guidelines for the use of nicknames and other
designations on the ballot.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be
stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates
new language that would be added.