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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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