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Senate Bill No. 462

(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, Jenkins and Minard)

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[Introduced February 2, 2006; referred to the Committee

on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL 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; time for filing; additional information required; indexing documents; public inspection of compacts; and compacts entered into prior to effective date of this section to be filed.

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) A certified copy of the compact;
(B) A listing of all other jurisdictions party to the compact and the date on which each jurisdiction entered into participation; and
(C) Citations to any act or resolution of the Congress of the United States consenting to the compact; and
(2) When the information becomes available:
(A) The status of each compact with respect to withdrawals of participating jurisdictions; and
(B) Any amendment, supplementary agreement or administrative rule having the force of law and implementing or modifying the compact.
(b) 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.
(c) The provisions of this section are in addition to other requirements of law for filing, publication or distribution.
(d) 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 commissions, agencies or persons administering the compacts within ninety days of the effective date of this section.

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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
require the filing of all interstate compacts and information relating thereto in the office of the Secretary of State.

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