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Introduced Version House Bill 4382 History

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H. B. 4382


(By Delegates Barker, DeLong, Caputo,
Webster and Miley)
[Introduced February 4, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then the Judiciary.]



A BILL to amend and reenact §5A-8-21 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to permitting employee and retiree advocacy organizations to obtain state employees' and retirees' home addresses as an exception to the limitation imposed on the release of personal information concerning state employees.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5A-8-21 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 8. PUBLIC RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION ACT.
§5A-8-21. Limitation on release of certain personal information maintained by state agencies and entities regarding state employees.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the following personal information maintained by executive, legislative or judicial branch agencies of the State of West Virginia regarding persons in their capacity as state officers, employees, retirees or the legal dependents thereof is hereby deemed to be confidential and exempt from disclosure to nongovernmental entities in documents otherwise subject to disclosure under the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-b of this code:
(1) An individual's home address;
(2) An individual's social security number;
(3) An individual's credit or debit card numbers;
(4) An individual's driver's license identification number; and
(5) An individual's marital status or maiden name.
(b) It is the policy of the State of West Virginia that the information enumerated in subsection (a) of this section is personal and confidential and should only be released to nongovernmental entities for such purposes as are authorized by federal law or regulation, a provision of this code or a legislative rule promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
(c) Individuals' home addresses in documents otherwise subject to disclosure under the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-b of this code shall be disclosed to employee organizations, as defined in section two, article two, chapter six-c of this code, and advocacy organizations representing retired state employees.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit employee and retiree organizations to obtain state employees' home addresses as an exception to the limitation imposed on the release of personal information concerning state employees and retirees.

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