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2001 SESSION

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HB 2411 Electronic Transactions Act; technical amendments.

Introduced by: Joe T. May | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; technical amendments. Makes two technical amendments to the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) (§ 59.1-479 et seq.). The predecessor electronic signatures and records law, Chapter 39 (§ 59.1-467 et seq.) of Title 59.1, repealed in 2000, had excluded electronic filing with the courts from its scope to protect the autonomy and integrity of the courts. Instead, Article 4 (§ 17.1-255 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 17.1 had provided that the courts were to follow the rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Virginia regarding electronic filing. When the 2000 General Assembly adopted UETA, the General Assembly retained the exclusion for the courts. However, the 2000 General Assembly also enacted legislation that modified Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 17.1 to provide that electronic filing with the courts must meet the requirements set out under UETA. Thus a conflict was created in that one section of the Code of Virginia excludes the court filings from UETA and another section of the Code of Virginia requires electronic filings with the courts to be in accordance with UETA. The bill remedies this conflict by deleting the court filing exclusion from UETA. In addition, several provisions of UETA refer to Title 8.9 of the Code of Virginia. The 2000 General Assembly enacted legislation that would repeal Title 8.9 and replace it with new Title 8.9A effective July 1, 2001. The bill amends the cross-references from Title 8.9 to Title 8.9A.


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