Bill-SOS, Digital 153CSR31
H. B. 4169
(By Delegates Mahan, Wills, Cann, Kominar,
Faircloth and Riggs)
[Introduced January 25, 2002; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
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.