Senate Bill No. 444
(By Senators Felton and Sharpe)
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[Introduced March 22, 1993; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend article six-a, chapter twenty-four-a of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
fourteen, relating to the registration and identification of
motor vehicles operating in West Virginia under authority of
the interstate commerce commission.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six-a, chapter twenty-four-a of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
fourteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6A. REGISTRATION OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
AUTHORITY AND IDENTIFICATION OF VEHICLES TO BE OPERATED
THEREUNDER.
§24A-6A-14. Participation in the single state registration
system.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article tothe contrary, on or before the thirty-first day of December, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-three, the commission shall
promulgate rules implementing a single state registration system,
in lieu of the identification stamp and cab card system provided
in this article, for motor carriers operating within the borders
of this state pursuant to authority granted, or exempt status
conferred, by the interstate commerce commission. The single
state registration system shall be instituted pursuant to the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, as
implemented by the interstate commerce commission.
(b) The commission is further authorized to employ ten
persons, who shall be in the classified exempt service, to
facilitate enforcement of duties imposed upon the commission in
this chapter.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the public
service commission to convert its present system for registration
of interstate motor carriers to the single state registration
system mandated in the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991. The commission would be authorized to
implement the new system by rule making since the interstate
commerce commission has not yet promulgated the necessary
guidelines as required by the Act. Final I.C.C. rules are
anticipated in May, 1993. The bill would further authorize the
commission to employ ten additional motor carrier enforcement
officers.)