H. B. 2561

(By Delegates Hunt, Linch, Compton, Faircloth,

Jenkins and Riggs)


[Introduced February 1, 1999; referred to the Committee

on the Judiciary.]




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 a legislative rule relating to fees relating to electronic records.

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 rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first third day of July August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section two, article one, chapter fifty- nine 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 third twenty-third day of November September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven ninety-eight, relating to the secretary of state (fees relating to electronic records, 153 CSR 2), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, authorized under the authority of section sixty-seven, article one, chapter thirty-one 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 fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the secretary of state (matters relating to corporations and other business entity filing, 153 CSR 5), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of State to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Fees Relating to Electronic Records.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.