Senate Bill No. 277

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Bowman, Macnaughtan ,

Boley and Buckalew)

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[Introduced January 30, 1998; referred to the

Committee on Banking and Insurance;

and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article seven, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the division of banking to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the sale of insurance products by state-chartered banks.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section one, article seven, 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 7. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF TAX AND REVENUE TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-7-1. Division of banking.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, authorized under the authority of section four, article two, chapter thirty-one-a of this code, modified by the division of banking to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the division of banking (regulations pertaining to the West Virginia consumer credit and protection act and the money and interest article of chapter forty-seven, 106 CSR 1), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, authorized under the authority of section four, article two, chapter thirty-one-a of this code, modified by the division of banking to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the division of banking (regulations governing the operations of state chartered financial institutions in West Virginia, 106 CSR 3), is authorized.
(c) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, authorized under the authority of section four, article two, chapter thirty-one-a of this code, modified by the division of banking to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the division of banking (West Virginia regulated consumer lenders, 106 CSR 4), is authorized.
(d) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, authorized under the authority of section eight, article twenty-four, chapter forty-seven of this code, modified by the division of banking to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the division of banking (reverse mortgage loans, 106 CSR 19), is authorized.
(e) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, authorized under the authority of section thirteen, article four, chapter thirty-one-a, of this code, modified by the division of banking to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the third day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the division of banking (sale of insurance products by state-chartered banks, 106 CSR 2), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Banking to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Sale of Insurance Products By State- Chartered Banks.

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