Senate Bill No. 309
(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Minard,
Snyder, Boley and Minear)
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[Introduced January 24, 2002; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization;
and then to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty, 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 the use of digital signatures, state certification authority and state repository.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty, 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.
§64-9-20. Secretary of state.
(a) 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.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
twenty-sixth day of July, two thousand one, authorized under the
authority of section three, article three, chapter thirty-nine-
a, of this code, relating to the secretary of state (use of
digital signatures, state certification authority and state
repository, 153 CSR 31), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary
of State to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Use of
Digital Signatures, State Certification Authority and State Repository.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.