WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4802

By Delegates Fleischauer, Pushkin, Hornbuckle, Walker, Bates, Fluharty, Canestraro, Williams, Pyles, Evans and Rowe

[Introduced February 11, 2020; Referred to the Committee on Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary]

A BILL to repeal §8-10-2b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to repeal §17B-3-3c of said code; and to repeal §62-4-17 of said code, all relating to eliminating the ability of a person’s driver’s license to be suspended for the failure to pay court fines and costs and for the failure to appear or otherwise respond in court.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations.

Article 10. Powers and Duties of Certain Officers.

§1. Repeal of section relating to suspension of licenses for failure to pay fines and costs or failure to appear in court.

That §8-10-2b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.

Chapter 17B. Motor Vehicle Driver’s Licenses.

ARTICLE 3. CANCELLATION, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES.

§1. Repeal of section relating to suspending license for failure to pay fines or penalties imposed as the result of criminal conviction or for failure to appear in court.

That §17B-3-3c of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.

CHAPTER 62. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

ARTICLE 4. RECOVERY OF FINES IN CRIMINAL CASES.

§1. Repeal of section relating to suspension of licenses for failure to pay fines and costs or failure to appear in court.

That §62-4-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the ability of a person’s driver’s license to be suspended for the failure to pay court fines and costs and for the failure to appear or otherwise respond in court.

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