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1999 SESSION

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CHAPTER 118 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 24.2-404.2 and 46.2-208.1, relating to the administration of voter registration laws and the National Voter Registration Act. [H 1854] Approved March 16, 1999

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered 24.2-404.2 and 46.2-208.1 as follows:

§ 24.2-404.2. National Voter Registration Act Coordinating Committee created.

There is hereby established a National Voter Registration Act Coordinating Committee, consisting of the chief deputy, or other designee, of the State Board of Elections; a deputy commissioner, or other designee, of the Department of Motor Vehicles; representatives of three additional agencies designated as voter registration agencies pursuant to § 24.2-411.2, which agencies shall be specified by the Secretary of the State Board; and five general registrars who shall be appointed by the Voter Registrars Association of Virginia. The Committee shall coordinate implementation of the National Voter Registration Act and make recommendations to the Secretary of the State Board of Elections. The chief deputy of the State Board shall chair the meetings of the Committee.

§ 46.2-208.1. Electronic transfer of information in Department records for voter registration purposes.

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-208, the Commissioner shall provide for the electronic transfer of information from the Department’s records to the State Board of Elections and the general registrars for the purpose of voter registration as required by Chapter 4 of Title 24.2. Except as provided in § 24.2-444, the State Board of Elections and the general registrars shall not make information provided by the Department available to the public and shall not provide such information to any third party.