Senate Bill No. 219

(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 absentee voting by military voters who are members of reserve units called to active duty.

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 ANDBOARDS 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-fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the secretary of state (absentee voting by military voters who are members of reserve units called to active duty, 153 CSR 23), are authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of State to promulgate legislative rules relating to absentee voting by military voters who are members of reserve units called to active duty.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.