ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 209
(By Senators Miller, Love, Bailey and Whitlow)
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[Passed March 11, 1995; in effect from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section sixteen, article three,
chapter seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended; and to amend
and reenact section three, article ten of said chapter,
all relating to motor vehicle registration; repealing the
requirement that certain trucks be registered for one of
twelve registration periods; repealing provisions
regarding allocations of registration periods for trucks
and other motor vehicles; establishing a three-year
registration period of Class T and Class R vehicles; and
payment of fees for multiyear registration.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section sixteen, article three, chapter seventeen-a
of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-
one, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that section
three, article ten of said chapter be amended and reenacted,
all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. ORIGINAL AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.
§17A-3-16. Expiration of registration and certificates of
title.
(a) Every vehicle registration under this chapter and
every registration card and registration plate issued hereunder
shall expire at midnight on the last day of the month
designated by the commissioner:
Provided, That the
commissioner may extend the period during which said
registration plates may be used.
Certificates of title need not be renewed annually but
shall remain valid until canceled by the division for cause or
upon a transfer of any interest shown therein.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or of any provision of this chapter, the commissioner shall adopt a
staggered registration system whereby the registration of Class
A motor vehicles shall be for a period of twelve consecutive
calendar months, the expiration dates thereof to be staggered
throughout the year.
(1) On or after the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred seventy-eight, all Class A motor vehicles as defined in
section one, article ten of this chapter, shall be registered
for a period of twelve consecutive calendar months. There
hereby are established twelve registration periods, each of
which shall start on the first day of each calendar month of
the year and shall end on the last day of the twelfth month
from date of beginning. The period ending on the thirty-first
day of January shall be designated the first period; that
ending on the twenty-eighth (twenty-ninth) day of February
shall be designated the second; that ending on the thirty-first
day of March shall be designated the third; that ending on the
thirtieth day of April shall be designated the fourth; that
ending on the thirty-first day of May shall be designated the fifth; that ending on the thirtieth day of June shall be
designated the sixth; that ending on the thirty-first day of
July shall be designated the seventh; that ending on the
thirty-first day of August shall be designated the eighth; that
ending on the thirtieth day of September shall be designated
the ninth; that ending on the thirty-first day of October shall
be designated the tenth; that ending on the thirtieth day of
November shall be designated the eleventh; and that ending on
the thirty-first day of December shall be designated the
twelfth.
(2) All Class A motor vehicles, which are operated for the
first time upon the public highways of this state to and
including the fifteenth day of any given month shall be subject
to registration and payment of fee for the twelve-month period
commencing the first day of the month of operation. All Class
A motor vehicles operated for the first time upon the public
highways of this state on and after the sixteenth day of any
given month shall be subject to registration and payment of fee
for the twelve-month period commencing the first day of the month of the next following calendar month.
(c) On or before the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-six, all Class T and Class R vehicles shall be
registered for a maximum period of three years or portion
thereof based on the number of years remaining in the three-
year period designated by the commissioner.
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 hereunder 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 as follows:
(A) For motor vehicles of a weight of three thousand
pounds or less -- twenty-five dollars.
(B) For motor vehicles of a weight of three thousand one pounds to four thousand pounds -- thirty dollars.
(C) For motor vehicles of a weight in excess of four
thousand pounds -- thirty-six dollars.
(D) For motor vehicles designed as trucks with declared
gross weights of four thousand pounds or less -- twenty-five
dollars.
(E) For motor vehicles designed as trucks with declared
gross weights of four thousand one pounds to eight thousand
pounds -- thirty dollars.
For the purpose of determining the weight, the actual
weight of the vehicle shall be taken:
Provided, That for
vehicles owned by churches, or by trustees for churches, which
vehicles are regularly used for transporting parishioners to
and from church services, no license fee shall be charged, but
notwithstanding such exemption, the certificate of registration
and license plates shall be obtained the same as other cards
and plates under this article.
(2)
Class B, Class E and Class K. -- The registration fee
for all motor vehicles of these three classes 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 thereof
that the gross weight of such 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 thereof that the gross weight
of such 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 thereof that the gross weight of
such vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeds fifty-five
thousand pounds.
(3)
Class C and Class L. -- The registration fee for all
vehicles of these two classes is seventeen dollars and fifty cents except that semitrailers, full trailers, pole trailers
and converter gear registered as Class C and Class L may be
registered for a period of ten years at a fee of one hundred
dollars.
(4)
Class G. -- The registration fee for each motorcycle
is eight dollars.
(5)
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, Class E and Class K
reduced by the amount that the mileage of such vehicles
operated in states other than West Virginia bears to the total
mileage operated by such vehicles in all states under a formula
to be established by the division of motor vehicles.
(6)
Class J. -- The registration fee for all motor
vehicles of this class is eighty-five dollars. Ambulances and
hearses used exclusively as such are exempt from the above
special fees.
(7)
Class S. -- The registration fee for all vehicles of
this class is seventeen dollars and fifty cents.
(8)
Class U. -- The registration fee for all vehicles of
this class is fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
(9)
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 sixty-four thousand pounds --
two hundred fifty dollars.
(b) Registration fees for the following classes shall be
paid to the division for a maximum period of three years, or
portion thereof 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 multiyear
registration provided for 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.