H. B. 2833
(By Delegates L. Smith, Walters, Carmichael,
Canterbury, Armstead, Webb and Harrison)
[Introduced March 12, 2001; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article one-b, chapter five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section nine,
relating to requiring all state officers, legislators,
agencies, commissions, divisions, boards, and others with
internet capability to communicate documents and other printed
materials between each other by the use of e-mail.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one-b, chapter five of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by
adding thereto a new section, designated section nine, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 1B. CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER.
§5-1B-9. Communication of documents and other writings between
state offices.
Except as exempted under this article, all state officers,
legislators, agencies, commissions, divisions, boards, and those
persons who may request that the same be done, shall, if having
internet capability, use e-mail for the purpose of transferring
copies of documents and other printed materials between them.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to save the cost of mailing
or otherwise delivering copies of written materials between state
offices, legislators and between the state and others.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.