Senate Bill No. 548

(By Senators Plymale, Boley, Caldwell, Dempsey, Edgell, Harrison, Hunter, Guills, Oliverio, Sprouse and White)

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[Originating in the Committee on Education;

reported February 14, 2003.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the auditor to promulgate a legislative rule relating to computer and technology donation program.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section four, 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.

 §64-9-4. Auditor.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the tenth day of August, two thousand, authorized under the authority section ten-c, article three, chapter twelve, of this code, relating to the auditor (transaction fee and rate structure, 155 CSR 4), is authorized with the following amendments:
On page 1, section 155-4-3, beginning on line 7 of subsection 155-4-3.2, following the word "transaction" and the period, by inserting the following: "The fee shall continue in effect until December 31, 2002."
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, under the authority of section two, article four-a, chapter twelve of this code, modified by the auditor to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the eighth day of February, two thousand, relating to the department of administration and the auditor (state auditor's computer and technology donation program, 155 CSR 5), is authorized. The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-fourth day of July, two thousand two, authorized under the authority of section two, article four-b, chapter twelve of this code, relating to the auditor (state auditor's computer and technology donation program), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Auditor to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the State Auditor's Computer and Technology Donation Program.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.