H. B. 2027
(By Delegates Douglas, Faircloth and Manuel)
[Introduced February 10, 1993; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty-one, article two,
chapter seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended; and to amend
and reenact section two, article seven of said chapter, all
relating to motor vehicle registration; increasing the fee
for certain special stickers required to move a vehicle one
time; and requiring that revenues generated by such fees be
credited to the department of public safety, to be used to
purchase personal and communications equipment.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty-one, article two, chapter seventeen-a of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that section two,
article seven of said chapter be amended and reenacted, all to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
§17A-2-21. Payment of revenue collected to state treasurer for
credit to state road fund; certain special sticker fees to
be credited to the department of public safety.
Taxes and fees imposed and collected under the provisions of
this chapter shall be paid to the state treasurer in the manner
provided by law, and credited to the state road fund:
Provided,
That all fees for special stickers collected pursuant to section
two, article seven of this chapter shall be credited to the
department of public safety, which shall use such revenues to
purchase personal and communications equipment.
ARTICLE 7. SPECIAL STICKERS.
§17A-7-2. Operation of motor vehicles by dealers or other
persons under special stickers; application and fees;
expiration.
A member of the department of public safety 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. A fee of
one dollar eight dollars per sticker
shall be charged and shall be
deposited in the state road fund
paid to the state treasurer as provided by law, and credited to
the department of public safety for the purchase of personal andcommunications equipment. 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 from $1 to $8
the fee that an automobile dealer or other person must pay for a
special sticker required to move a vehicle one time. The bill
also requires that revenues generated by such fees be credited to
the Department of Public Safety, to be used for purchasing
personal and communications equipment.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.
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