Senate Bill No. 223

(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 article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section nine, relating to authorizing the state election commission to promulgate legislative rules relating to the regulation of campaign finances.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section nine, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS BOARDS AND AGENCIES TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.


§64-9-9. State election commission.
The legislative rules filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, under the authority of section five, article one-a, chapter three, of this code, modified by the state election commission to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the state election commission (regulation of campaign finances, 146 CSR 3), are authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Election Commission to promulgate legislative rules relating to regulation of campaign finances.

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