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2001 SESSION
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 of Title 59.1, repealed in 2000, had excluded electronic filing with the courts from its scope to protect the autonomy and integrity of the courts.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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/01 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 018128264 pdf
- 02/19/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2411ER) pdf
- 03/08/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/01 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 018128264
- 01/10/01 House: Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
- 01/17/01 House: Reported from Science and Technology (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/01 House: Read first time
- 01/22/01 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/23/01 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/01 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/01 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/24/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/24/01 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/07/01 Senate: Reported from General Laws (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/01 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/01 Senate: Read third time
- 02/09/01 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2411ER)
- 02/20/01 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/01 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/01 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/06/01 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 86 (effective 7/1/01)
- 03/08/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086)