SB 422 Text

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 422
(By Senator Weeks)
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[Originating in the Committee on Finance;
reported March 1, 2006.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-16A-17a, all relating to allowing frequent commuters on the West Virginia Turnpike to turn in accumulated toll receipts in an amount equal to the cost of a calendar year commuter pass for a commuter pass for the remainder of the calendar year.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-16A-17a, all to read as follows:

ARTICLE 16A. WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM AUTHORITY.

§17-16A-17a. Commuter Passes based on accumulated toll receipts.

As soon as reasonably possible after the effective date of this legislation, but in no event later than the first day of July, two thousand six, the authority shall establish, advertise, implement and otherwise make generally available to all qualified members of the public, resident or nonresident, a commuter pass system whereby a commuter may accumulate paid toll receipts, equal to the cost of a commuter pass and the deposit for the required commuter pass equipment for the toll booths through which the commuter travels while on the West Virginia Turnpike, and exchange the accumulated toll receipts for a commuter pass. Upon the presentation of the accumulated receipts and a certification that the commuter paid the tolls represented by the receipts, the Parkways Authority shall issue the commuter a commuter pass allowing him or her to travel through the toll facilities on an unlimited basis, without additional charge therefor, for the remainder of the calendar year after the issuance of the commuter pass. The commuter passes implemented in accordance with the provisions of this section are available only for use when operating or traveling in a Class "A" motor vehicle.
For the purpose of this section, a Class "A" vehicle is a passenger type motor vehicle or a truck with a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds and registered or eligible for registration as a Class "A" vehicle in accordance with section one, article ten, chapter seventeen-a of this code.

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