H. B. 2808
(By Delegate Manchin)
[Introduced February 2, 2007; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §17A-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to one trip permits issued by the
State Police, increasing the fee for issuance and providing
that the State Police retain a portion of the fee for
administration and enforcement.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §17A-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. SPECIAL STICKERS.
§17A-7-2. Operation of motor vehicles by dealers or other persons
under special stickers; application and fees;
expiration.
(a) A member of the department of public safety West Virginia
State Police may at any detachment office, upon application
therefor on a form prescribed by the commissioner, issue to a licensed dealer or any other person other than those specified in
section one of this article, a paper sticker or decal to be affixed
to the left side of the rear window of a motor vehicle or to the
left rear of a vehicle which is not self-propelled. Such 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 thereof.
(b) A fee of one dollar ten dollars per sticker shall be
charged collected and dispersed as follows; five dollars and shall
be deposited in the State Road Fund and five dollars shall be
deposited into a special account for the use of the State Police
for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
(c) Such sticker or decal shall be valid for forty-eight hours
after its issuance 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.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
increase the fee for
issuance of one-trip permits and providing that the State Police
retain a portion of the fee for administration and enforcement.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.