Senate Bill No. 270

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Bowman, Macnaughtan ,

Boley and Buckalew)

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[Introduced January 30, 1998; referred to the

Committee on Government Organization; then to the Committee on Finance; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary)

and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article two, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the department of administration and the auditor to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the state purchasing card program.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section one, article two, 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 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-2-1. Department of administration and the auditor.

The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth first day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six ninety-seven, under the authority of section ten-a, article three, chapter twelve of this code, modified by the department of administration and the auditor to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the sixth eighteenth day of February September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the department of administration and the auditor (state purchasing card program, 148 CSR 7), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Administration and the Auditor to promulgate a legislative rule relating to State Purchasing Card Program.

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