ENROLLED
H. B. 4555
(By Delegate Warner)
[Passed March 11, 2000; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact section one, article seven, chapter
seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to including those in
the business of repossessing motor vehicles among the entities
eligible for one-trip registration permits.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article seven, 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 7. SPECIAL STICKERS.
§17A-7-1. Operation of vehicles by financial institution or wrecker
under special stickers; application and fees;
expiration.
The commissioner may upon application issue to a banking institution, insurance company, entity in the business of
repossessing motor vehicles, finance company, or other type of
lending or financial institution, or a person engaged exclusively
in wrecking or dismantling vehicles, a paper sticker or decal to be
affixed to the left side of the rear window of a motor vehicle or
at a place on any other type vehicle as designated by the
commissioner.
The
sticker or decal shall be of a size to be
designated by the commissioner and shall be serially numbered and
shall have provision thereon to indicate the date of issuance. The
division shall charge a fee of one dollar per sticker. The sticker
or decal shall be valid for the operation of a vehicle, whether
under its own power or while being towed, one time only over the
streets or highways of this state, and upon being once affixed to
a vehicle shall become invalid for subsequent use on that or any
other vehicle. The commissioner may require, as a condition for the
issuance of the permit, insurance as he or she determines
appropriate.