H. B. 2489
(By Delegates Boggs and Stalnaker)
[Introduced January 22, 2003; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article three, chapter five-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section fifty-eight,
relating to prohibiting state purchases of information
technology equipment constructed of flammable materials.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter five-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
fifty-eight, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. PURCHASING DIVISION.
§5A-3-58. Division prohibited from purchase of flammable
information technology equipment.
No purchase or agreement to purchase, on behalf of a state
governmental agency or office, of information technology equipment may be consummated or authorized by the division unless the
equipment meets or exceeds safety standards for fire resistance
established by underwriters laboratories, incorporated or the
equivalent international electrotechnical commission.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
prohibit state purchases
of information technology equipment constructed of flammable
materials.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.