WEST virginia Legislature

2018 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4031

By Delegates Howell, Zatezalo, Kelly, Sypolt, Hicks, Ward, Atkinson, and Frich

[Introduced January 11, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Roads and Transportation then the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §17A-3-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring the Division of Motor Vehicles to make available an electronic proof of motor vehicle registration that can be carried on a wireless communication device.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 3. ORIGINAL AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.

§17A-3-10. Division to issue registration card; duplicate to county assessor.

(a) The division upon registering a vehicle, or an agent of the division upon collecting the required fees and taxes in accordance with the provisions of §17A-6-1b of this code, shall:

(1) Issue a registration card to be delivered to the owner and containing thereon the date issued, the name and address of the owner, the registration number assigned to the vehicle and such description of the vehicle as determined by the commissioner; and

(2) Make available to the owner an image capable of being displayed on a wireless communication device, as defined in §17B-1-1 of this code, that includes the information contained on the registration card and that may be used as proof of current registration of the vehicle.

(b) The division shall send a duplicate of said the registration card to the assessor of the county in which the owner resides, or in cases of nonresidents of the state, to the assessor of the county wherein the vehicle is located.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the Division of Motor Vehicles to develop an electronic proof of motor vehicle registration that can be carried on a wireless communication device.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.