Senate Bill No. 497
(By Senators Craigo, Anderson, Bailey, Ball, Boley, Chafin,
Deem, Dittmar, Edgell, Fanning, Helmick, Hunter, Jackson,
Kessler, Love, McCabe, McKenzie, Minard, Minear, Mitchell,
Oliverio, Plymale, Prezioso, Redd, Ross, Schoonover, Sharpe,
Snyder, Sprouse, Unger, Walker, Wooton and Tomblin, Mr.
President)
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[Introduced February 10, 1999;
referred to the Committee on Transportation.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section twelve, article two, chapter
seventeen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the expiration
date of driver's licenses; and allowing the commissioner of
the division of motor vehicles to change the date that a
driver's license expires to the driver's birthday.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twelve, article two, chapter seventeen-b of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE, EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL.
§17B-2-12. Expiration of licenses; renewal; renewal fees.
(a) Every driver's license
shall expire expires four years
from the date of its issuance, except that the driver's license
of any person in the armed forces
shall be is extended for a
period of six months from the date the person is separated under
honorable circumstances from active duty in the armed forces.
(b)
After the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-six, the following shall apply: (1)
Except as
provided in subdivision (4) of this subsection, every driver's
license issued to persons who have attained their twenty-first
birthday
shall expire expires on the last day of the month in
which the applicant's birthday occurs in those years in which the
applicant's age is evenly divisible by five. Except as provided
in
the following subdivisions
(2), (3) and (4) of this
subsection, no driver's license may be issued for less than three
years nor more than seven years and
such a driver's license shall
be renewed in the month in which the applicant's birthday occurs
and
shall be is valid for a period of five years, expiring in the
month in which the applicant's birthday occurs and in a year in
which the applicant's age is evenly divisible by five.
(2) Every driver's license issued to persons who have not attained their twenty-first birthday
shall expire expires on the
last day of the month in the year in which the applicant attains
the age of twenty-one years.
(3) The driver's license of any person in the armed forces
shall be is extended for a period of six months from the date the
person is separated under honorable circumstances from active
duty in the armed forces.
(4) The commissioner may change the date that a driver's
license expires from, the last day of the month in those years
specified in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, to the
day of the month in which the applicant's birthday occurs in
those years. If the commissioner changes the expiration date,
the change may only affect new licenses and renewed licenses.
(c) A person who allows his or her driver's license to
expire may apply to the division for renewal
thereof of the
license. Application shall be made upon a form furnished by the
division and shall be accompanied by payment of the fee required
by section eight of this article plus an additional fee of five
dollars. The commissioner shall determine whether
such the
person qualifies for a renewed license and may, in the commissioner's discretion, renew any expired license without
examination of the applicant.
(d) Each renewal of a driver's license shall contain a new
color photograph of the licensee. By first class mail to the
address last known to the division, the commissioner shall notify
each person who holds a valid driver's license of the expiration
date of the license. The notice shall be mailed at least thirty
days prior to the expiration date of the license and shall
include a renewal application form.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow the Commissioner
of the Division of Motor Vehicles to change the date that a
driver's license expires to the driver's birthday.
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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