Bill-SOS, Registry 153CSR32
H. B. 4239


(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 registry requirements.

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-seventh day of July, two thousand one, authorized under the authority of section four hundred two, article two, chapter forty- eight, 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 second day of November, two thousand one, relating to the secretary of state (registry requirements, 153 CSR 32), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of State to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Registry Requirements.

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