H. B. 2333
(By Delegates Henderson, Nesbitt, Nichols, Frederick,
Adkins, Azinger and Yeager)
[Introduced February 2, 1995; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article three, chapter seventeen-a of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty-five, relating to application, cost, expiration and
renewal of optional two-year license plates on Class A
vehicles.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter seventeen-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty-five, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. ORIGINAL AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.
§17A-3-25. Option for two-year registration plates for Class A
vehicles.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the
contrary, an owner of a Class A motor vehicle shall have the
option to be issued a registration card and plate which shall
expire two years from the date on which it was issued. In
accordance with this section, the department shall provide a ten
percent discount on all fees arising out of the two-year
registration and shall place fifty percent of all funds collected
from such registrations in an investment fund to be used the
following year. In order to renew the two-year registration card
and plate, an applicant is required to provide proof of payment
of personal property taxes in accordance with section seventeen
of this article for the previous two years.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to give owners of Class
A motor vehicles the option of purchasing two-year license plates
with a ten percent discount and to require that the department
place fifty percent of the fees collected into an investment
account to be used the following year and to require that
applicants provide proof of payment of personal property taxes
for the previous two years upon renewal.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.