COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 55

(By Senators Hall and Foster)

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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;

reported March 24, 2009.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5-7-7a, relating to limiting the requirement of the use of a Social Security number in securing state, county or local services to those circumstances where the providing or presentation of one's Social Security number is required or authorized by federal law or regulation or state law or rule.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §5-7-7a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. SOCIAL SECURITY AGENCY.
§5-7-7a. Limitation on requiring a person to provide or present Social Security number.

No agency of state government nor any county or local government may require a person to provide or present his or her Social Security number for any purpose absent a federal statute or regulation or state statute or rule expressly authorizing or requiring the practice.