ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 462
(By Senators Tomblin,Mr. President, Jenkins and Minard)
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[Passed March 9, 2006; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §29-1B-8, relating to
filing interstate compacts in the office of the Secretary of
State; establishing requirements for compact and associated
documents to be filed by entities administering the compact;
requiring further filings when compact contents, status or
membership changes; establishing administrative requirements
for the Secretary of State; allowing public inspection of
compacts; and establishing requirements for compacts entered
into prior to effective date of this section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §29-1B-8, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 1B. COMMISSION ON INTERSTATE COOPERATION.
§29-1B-8. Filing interstate compacts.
(a) Within ninety days of entering into an interstate compact,
a commission, agency or person administering the compact between or
among states or the federal government, having the force of law and
to which this state is a party, shall file with the office of the
Secretary of State:
(1) A copy of the compact accompanied by a signed letter of a
representative of the commission, agency or person administering
the compact stating that the copy is a true and accurate copy of
the adopted compact;
(2) A listing of all other jurisdictions party to the compact
and the date on which each jurisdiction entered into participation;
and
(3) Citations to any act or resolution of the Congress of the
United States consenting to the compact.
(b) The commission, agency or person administering the compact
shall submit, within a reasonable time from when the information
becomes available:
(1) The status of each compact with respect to withdrawals or
additions of participating jurisdictions; and
(2) Any amendment, supplementary agreement or administrative
rule having the force of law and implementing or modifying the
compact.
(c) The office of the Secretary of State shall index these
documents and make them available for inspection upon request of any person during normal business hours.
(d) The provisions of this section are in addition to other
requirements of law for filing, publication or distribution.
(e) Certified copies of interstate compacts entered into by
this state prior to the effective date of this section and the
information required to be filed under subsection (a) of this
section shall be filed with the office of the Secretary of State by
the commission, agency or person administering the compacts within
ninety days of the effective date of this section.