Senate Bill No. 659
(By Senators Snyder, Wooton, Chafin, Jackson, Mitchell, Walker,
Fanning, Anderson, Ross, Kessler, McKenzie, McCabe, Sprouse,
Hunter, Edgell and Prezioso)
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[Introduced February 22, 1999;
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; and then to the
Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend chapter five of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding
thereto a new article, designated article twenty-eight,
relating to prohibiting all state agencies or state
employees from selling personal identification information
to any nongovernmental agency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That chapter five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto
a new article, designated article twenty-eight, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 28. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
ACT.
§5-28-1. Protection of personal identification information act.
This article all be known as the protection of personal
identification information act.
§5-28-2. Findings, purposes and intent.
The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the
state's citizens to protect from public distribution all personal
identification information which the state requires of
individuals or gathers concerning individuals in the conduct of
the state's affairs. It is the intent of the Legislature to
protect the privacy and other interests of these individuals by
the creation of this article.
§5-28-3. Sale of personal identification information prohibited.
Not withstanding any other provision of this code, the sale
of personal identification information to any nongovernmental
entity by any state agency or employee or agent of any state
agency, is prohibited. Personal identification information shall
include, but not be limited to, addresses, photos, fingerprints and genetic information.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit sale of
personal identification information by state agencies to
nongovernmental agencies.
This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.