
Bill-Admin, Purchasing 148CSR7
H. B. 4155
(By Delegates Mahan, Wills, Cann, Kominar,
Faircloth and Riggs)
[Introduced January 25, 2002; referred to the
Committee on Finance then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article two, chapter
sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the
department of administration to promulgate a legislative rule
relating to the state purchasing card program.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section one, article two, 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 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO
PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-2-1. Department of administration and the auditor.



(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-third day of March, two thousand, authorized under the
authority of section six, article twenty-two-a, chapter five of
this code, modified by the department of administration to meet the
objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and
refiled in the state register on the twenty-fourth day of May, two
thousand, relating to the department of administration (rules for
selecting design-builders under the design build procurement act,
148 CSR 11), is authorized with the following amendment:



"On page seven, section eleven, after subsection 11.8 by
inserting '11.9. For the purpose of this section, "awarding
authority" means the entity having authority to issue and sign the
purchase order for the construction or lease-purchase of the
project.'"



(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
tenth first day of August November, two thousand one, under the
authority of section ten-a, article three, chapter twelve of this
code, modified by the department of administration and the auditor
to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review
committee and refiled in the state register on the twentieth day of
September, two thousand, relating to the department of
administration and the auditor (state purchasing card program, 148
CSR 7), is authorized.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department
of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the
State Purchasing Card Program.



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