ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2435
(By Delegates Proudfoot, Boggs, Prunty,
Stemple, Claypole, Border and Evans)
[Passed April 12, 1997; in effect ninety days from passage.]
An Act to amend and reenact section twenty-three, article three,
chapter seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
license plates for conservation officers.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty-three, article three, 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 3. ORIGINAL AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.
§17A-3-23. Registration plates to state, county, municipal and other governmental vehicles; use for undercover activities.
Any motor vehicle designed to carry passengers, owned or
leased by the state of West Virginia, or any of its departments,
bureaus, commissions or institutions, except vehicles used by the
governor, treasurer, three plates per elected office of the board
of public works, vehicles operated by the state police, vehicles operated by conservation officers of the division of natural
resources, not to exceed ten vehicles operated by the arson
investigators of the office of state fire marshal and not to
exceed sixteen vehicles operated by inspectors of the office of
the alcohol beverage control commissioner,
shall may not be operated or
driven by any person unless it
shall have has displayed and attached to the
front thereof, in the same manner as regular motor vehicle
registration plates are attached, a plate of the same size as the
regular registration plate, with white lettering on a green
background bearing the words "West Virginia" in one line and the
words "State Car" in another line, and the lettering for the
words "State Car" shall be of sufficient size to be plainly
readable from a distance of one hundred feet during daylight.
Such The vehicle shall also have attached to the rear a plate
bearing a number and
such any other words and figures as the
commissioner of motor vehicles shall prescribe. The rear plate
shall also be green with the number in white.
On registration plates issued to vehicles owned by counties,
the color shall be white on red with the word "County" on top of
the plate and the words "West Virginia" on the bottom. On any
registration plates issued to a city or municipality, the color
shall be white on blue with the word "City" on top, and the words
"West Virginia" on the bottom. The colors may not be reversed
and shall be of reflectorized material. The registration plates
issued to counties, municipalities and other governmental
agencies authorized to receive colored plates hereunder shall be
affixed to both the front and rear of
such the vehicles.
The commissioner is authorized to designate the colors and
design of any other registration plates that are issued without
charge to any other agency in accordance with the motor vehicle
laws
. : Provived, That the division of natural resources may
designate the color, design and numbering system of registration
plates for vehicles operated by conservation officers.
Upon application and payment of fees, the commissioner is
authorized to issue a maximum of five Class A license plates per
applicant to be used by county sheriffs and municipalities on
law-enforcement vehicles while engaged in undercover
investigations.
The commissioner is authorized to issue an unlimited number of
license plates per applicant to authorized drug and violent crime
task forces in the state of West Virginia when the chairperson of
the control group of a drug and violent crime task force signs a
written affidavit stating that the vehicle or vehicles for which
the plates are being requested will be used only for official
undercover work conducted by
such a drug and violent crime task force.
The commissioner is authorized to issue twenty Class A license
plates to the criminal investigation division of the department
of tax and revenue for use by its investigators.
HB2435 SFA Anderson 4/9 #1
Graham 4841
Senator Anderson moved to amend the bill on page four, section twenty-three, after line sixty-one, by inserting the following:
The commissioner may issue a maximum of ten Class A license
plates to the division of natural resources for use by
conservation officers. The commissioner shall designate the
color and design of the registration plates to be displayed on
the front and the rear of all other state-owned vehicles owned by
the division of natural resources and operated by conservation
officers.
Adopted
Rejected
No other registration plate
shall may be issued for, or attached to, any
such state-owned vehicle.
The commissioner of motor vehicles shall have a sufficient
number of both front and rear plates produced to attach to all
state-owned cars. The numbered registration plates for
such the
vehicles shall start with the number "five hundred" and the
commissioner shall issue consecutive numbers for all state-owned
cars.
It
shall be is the duty of each office, department, bureau, commission
or institution furnished any
such vehicle to have
such plates
as described
herein affixed thereto prior to the operation of
such the vehicle by
any official or employee.
Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars.
Magistrates shall have concurrent jurisdiction with circuit
and criminal courts for the enforcement of this section.
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