H. B. 2547
(By Delegate Kallai)
[Introduced February 17, 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
seventeen-a, relating to motor vehicle administration;
original and renewal of registration; and authorizing
private enterprise to provide services.
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
seventeen-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. ORIGINAL AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.
§17A-3-17a. Application for and renewal of registration;
private enterprise authorized to issue renewals
of registration and provide other services.
The commissioner shall, on or before the first day of July,
one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, adopt and enforce such
registration rules as may be deemed necessary and compatible with
the public interest with respect to authorizing a legal entity
engaged in private enterprise, by contract with the division of
motor vehicles, to provide services for issuance of and renewal
of registration in designated locations in municipalities or
counties in this state: Provided, That any contract awarded
under this section shall be for a specific location in a
municipality or county, only, and the entity awarded the contract
for these services shall not be awarded a contract to perform
these services in more than one location.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit private
enterprise to contract with the Division of Motor Vehicles to
provide services for issuance of and renewal of registration in municipalities or counties in this state.
Section 17a is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.