Senate Bill No. 291

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Minard, Snyder, Unger and Minear)

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[Introduced March 2, 2001; referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section thirteen, 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 agencies designated to provide voter registration services.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section thirteen, 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.

§64-9-13. Secretary of state.

(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, authorized under the authority of section five, article six-c, chapter forty-six-a 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 twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the secretary of state (filing fees for organizations, 153 CSR 15), is authorized.

(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, authorized under the authority of section twenty-one, article two, chapter three 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 seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the secretary of state (elimination of precinct registration books, 153 CSR 9), is authorized.
(c) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the fourteenth day of July, two thousand, authorized under the authority of section six, article one-a, chapter three, of this code, relating to the secretary of state (agencies designated to provide voter registration services, 153 CSR 28), is authorized.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of State to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Agencies Designated to Provide Voter Registration Services.


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