COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
for
H. B. 2996
(By Delegates Spencer and Mahan)
(Originating in the Committee on Finance)
[March 1, 1999]
A BILL to amend and reenact section five, article three, chapter
four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to eliminating charges for
use of the Legislature's computer subscriber system.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section five, article three, chapter four of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. JOINT COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AND FINANCE.
§4-3-5. Computer subscriber system.
The joint committee on government and finance is hereby
authorized to charge and collect fees from agencies of state
executive and judicial departments and from private persons,
corporations and associations for access to and use of the
provide and maintain the Legislature's computer subscriber system
data bases in accordance with fees, procedures and restrictions
approved by the joint committee: for use, without charge, by state agencies, judicial departments, corporations, associations
and private persons. Fees collected are to be deposited in a
special revolving fund of the joint committee on government and
finance and may be expended for expansion, maintenance and
support of the Legislature's computer system as authorized by the
joint committee. No part of the information contained in the
Legislature's computer system databases in its magnetic or
electronic form is a public record as that term is defined in
section two, article one, chapter twenty-nine-b of this code.
Notwithstanding any provisions of section three, article one,
chapter twenty-nine-b of this code to the contrary, the
Legislature shall not be required or compelled to allow access to
all or a portion of its databases for inspection and copying and
shall not be required to make available copies of all or a
portion of its databases on magnetic or electronic media.