ENROLLED
H. B. 2481
(By Delegates Williams, Boggs and Tabb)
[Passed March 10, 2007; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §17A-10-3 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to registration fees for vehicles
and allowing a registrant to transfer the registration of a
Class C vehicle to another Class C type vehicle titled in the
name of the registrant.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §17A-10-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. FEES FOR REGISTRATION, LICENSING, ETC.
§17A-10-3. Registration fees for vehicles equipped with pneumatic
tires.
The following registration fees for the classes indicated
shall be paid to the division for the registration of vehicles
subject to registration under this chapter when equipped with
pneumatic tires:
(a) Registration fees for the following classes shall be paid
to the division annually:
(1) Class A. -- The registration fee for all motor vehicles of
this class is twenty-eight dollars and fifty cents: Provided, That
the registration fees and any other fees required by this chapter
for Class A vehicles under the optional biennial staggered
registration system shall be multiplied by two and paid biennially
to the division.
No license fee may be charged for vehicles owned by churches,
or by trustees for churches, which are regularly used for
transporting parishioners to and from church services.
Notwithstanding the exemption, the certificate of registration and
license plates shall be obtained the same as other cards and plates
under this article.
(2) Class B. -- The registration fee for all motor vehicles of
this class is as follows:
(A) For declared gross weights of eight thousand one pounds to
sixteen thousand pounds -- twenty-eight dollars plus five dollars
for each one thousand pounds or fraction of one thousand pounds
that the gross weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles
exceeds eight thousand pounds.
(B) For declared gross weights greater than sixteen thousand
pounds, but less than fifty-five thousand pounds -- seventy-eight
dollars and fifty cents plus ten dollars for each one thousand pounds or fraction of one thousand pounds that the gross weight of
the vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeds sixteen thousand
pounds.
(C) For declared gross weights of fifty-five thousand pounds
or more -- seven hundred thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents plus
fifteen dollars and seventy-five cents for each one thousand pounds
or fraction of one thousand pounds that the gross weight of the
vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeds fifty-five thousand
pounds.
(3) Class G. -- The registration fee for each motorcycle or
parking enforcement vehicle is eight dollars.
(4) Class H. -- The registration fee for all vehicles for this
class operating entirely within the state is five dollars; and for
vehicles engaged in interstate transportation of persons, the
registration fee is the amount of the fees provided by this section
for Class B, reduced by the amount that the mileage of the vehicles
operated in states other than West Virginia bears to the total
mileage operated by the vehicles in all states under a formula to
be established by the Division of Motor Vehicles.
(5) Class J. -- The registration fee for all motor vehicles of
this class is eighty-five dollars. Ambulances and hearses used
exclusively as ambulances and hearses are exempt from the special
fees set forth in this section.
(6) Class M. -- The registration fee for all vehicles of this class is seventeen dollars and fifty cents.
(7) Class farm truck. -- The registration fee for all motor
vehicles of this class is as follows:
(A) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of eight
thousand one pounds to sixteen thousand pounds -- thirty dollars.
(B) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of sixteen
thousand one pounds to twenty-two thousand pounds -- sixty dollars.
(C) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of twenty-two
thousand one pounds to twenty-eight thousand pounds -- ninety
dollars.
(D) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of twenty-eight
thousand one pounds to thirty-four thousand pounds -- one hundred
fifteen dollars.
(E) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of thirty-four
thousand one pounds to forty-four thousand pounds -- one hundred
sixty dollars.
(F) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of forty-four
thousand one pounds to fifty-four thousand pounds -- two hundred
five dollars.
(G) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of fifty-four
thousand one pounds to eighty thousand pounds -- two hundred fifty
dollars: Provided, That the provisions of subsection (a), section
eight, article one, chapter seventeen-e do not apply if the vehicle
exceeds sixty-four thousand pounds and is a truck tractor or road tractor.
(b) Registration fees for the following classes shall be paid
to the division for a maximum period of three years, or portion of
a year based on the number of years remaining in the three-year
period designated by the commissioner:
(1) Class R. -- The annual registration fee for all vehicles
of this class is twelve dollars.
(2) Class T. -- The annual registration fee for all vehicles
of this class is eight dollars.
(c) The fees paid to the division for a multi-year
registration provided by this chapter shall be the same as the
annual registration fee established by this section and any other
fee required by this chapter multiplied by the number of years for
which the registration is issued.
(d) The registration fee for all Class C vehicles is fifty
dollars. On or before the first day of July, two thousand, all
Class C trailers shall be registered for the duration of the
owner's interest in the trailer and do not expire until either sold
or otherwise permanently removed from the service of the owner:
Provided, That a registrant may transfer a Class C registration
plate from a trailer owned less than thirty days to another Class
C trailer titled in the name of the registrant upon payment of the
transfer fee prescribed in section ten of this article.