Source: http://wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB102%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=102
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Enrolled Version - Final Version Senate Bill 102 History
AN ACT to amend and reenact §39B-2-101 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §39B-3-101 of said code; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §44-5B-1, §44-5B-2, §44-5B-3, §44-5B-4, §44-5B-5, §44-5B-6, §44-5B-7, §44-5B-8, §44-5B-9, §44-5B-10, §44-5B-11, §44-5B-12, §44-5B-13, §44-5B-14, §44-5B-15, §44-5B-16, §44-5B-17, §44-5B-18, and §44-5B-19, all relating to the Uniform Power of Attorney Act and the West Virginia Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act; providing that an agent under power of attorney may exercise authority over the content of electronic communications sent or received by the principal; clarifying the ability of an agent under a power of attorney to take self-benefitting actions; providing code references and additional language to the statutory form for power of attorney; creating the West Virginia Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act; providing a short title; defining certain terms; setting forth to whom the article applies; providing for user direction for disclosure of assets with or without an online tool; addressing terms of service agreements; setting forth procedure for disclosing digital assets by custodian; allowing custodian to assess reasonable administrative charges; allowing custodian or fiduciary to seek court order when request imposes an undue burden; providing for disclosure of content of electronic communications and other digital assets of deceased users and setting forth required documentation; providing for disclosure of content of electronic communications and digital assets of a principal by custodian and setting forth required documentation; addressing disclosure of digital assets held in trust when the trustee is an original owner or user; addressing disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust and other digital assets when trustee is not an original owner or user and setting forth required documentation; addressing disclosure of digital assets to conservator of a protected person and setting forth required documentation; setting forth fiduciary’s duties and authority; providing for custodian’s compliance and immunity; setting time frame for compliance by custodian; authorizing application for court order for noncompliance; allowing custodian to notify user, deny a request, or receive a court order; providing for uniformity of application and construction of article; addressing relation of article to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act; and providing for severability of article.
(b) Notwithstanding a grant of authority to do an act described in this section, unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent may not exercise authority under a power of attorney to create in the agent, or in an individual to whom the agent owes a legal obligation of support, an interest in the principal’s property, whether by gift, right of survivorship, beneficiary designation, disclaimer, or otherwise.