Bill-SOS, Electronic 153CSR30
H. B. 4238
(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 electronic signatures by state agencies.
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, 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 tenth day of October, two
thousand one, relating to the secretary of state (use of electronic
signatures by state agencies, 153 CSR 30), 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
Electronic Signatures by State Agencies.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.