H. B. 2600
(By Delegates Proudfoot, Campbell, Doyle,
Heck, Jenkins, Kominar and Fragale)
[Introduced March 18, 1997; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section fifteen, article three,
chapter seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
the display of license plates; and prohibiting frames placed
around license plates from blocking any portion of the
lettering or registration information on the license plate.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section fifteen, article three, chapter seventeen-a of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. ORIGINAL AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.
§17A-3-15. Display of registration plates.
Registration plates issued for vehicles required to be
registered hereunder shall be attached to the rear thereof except that on truck tractors and road tractors designed and constructed
to pull trailers or semitrailers, the registration plate shall be
mounted to the front.
Every registration plate shall at all times be securely
fastened in a horizontal position to the vehicle for which it is
issued so as to prevent the plate from swinging and at a height
of not less than twelve inches from the ground, measuring from
the bottom of such the plate, in a place and position to be
clearly visible and shall be maintained free from foreign
materials and in a condition to be clearly legible. The
lettering, numbering and registration information on a
registration plate may not be blocked in any manner by a framing
device.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit frames around
license plates from blocking any portion of the lettering or
registration information on the license plate.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.