Bill Text: WV SB207 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State Election Commission rule relating to regulation of campaign finance

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-02 - Reported in Com. Sub. for S. B. 159 [SB207 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2016-SB207-Introduced.html

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WEST virginia legislature

2016 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 207

By Senator Maynard

[Introduced January 13, 2016;
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact article 9, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the State Election Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the regulation of campaign finance.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article 9, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

 ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-9-1. State Election Commission.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 31, 2015, authorized under the authority of section five, article one-a, chapter three, of this code, modified by the State Election Commission to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on December 22, 2015, relating to the State Election Commission (regulation of campaign finance, 146 CSR 3), is authorized with the amendments set forth below:

On page 11, by striking all of subdivision 6.3.e;

On page11, subsection 6.7, after the word “ballot”, by striking the remainder of subsection 6.7;

On page 12, subdivision 7.2.b, by striking the words “by making a contribution to one or more political party committees or candidates”;

On page 18, by striking all of subdivision 10.7.a;

And,

On page 18 by striking all of subdivision 10.7.b.

 

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to  authorize the State Election Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Regulation of Campaign Finance.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.