Senate Bill No. 220

(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 numbered divisions for the election of circuit judges.

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-sixth 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 (numbered divisions for the election of circuit judges, 153 CSR 24), are authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of State to promulgate legislative rules relating to numbered divisions for the election of circuit judges.

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