Adopted by House 8-21-07
HB203 HFAT WEBSTER

Delegate Webster moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 203-- A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §48-28-101, §48-28-102, §48-28-103, §48-28-104, §48-28-105, §48-28-106, §48-28-107, §48-28-108, §48-28-109 and §48- 28-110 all relating to the creation and implementation of the Address Confidentiality Program; providing for administration by the Secretary of State; providing address confidentiality for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking; providing eligibility and application requirements for participation in program; requiring contents of an application be kept confidential; establishing a process for certification of applicants as program participants; providing for cancellation of a participant's certification; providing for use of a designated confidential address; allowing disclosure of actual residential or mailing address under certain circumstances; establishing criminal penalties for the filing of false information or breaching the program's confidentiality; limiting the Secretary of State's liability in certain circumstances; and requiring the Secretary of State propose legislative and emergency rules.