Senate Bill No. 162
(By Senator Rowe)
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[Introduced January 16, 2003; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section fourteen, article two, chapter
seventeen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to motor vehicles;
and expunging motor vehicle license information for nineteen-
year-olds when denials, suspensions or revocations of their
licenses are due to school attendance.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section fourteen, 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-2-14. Records and indices to be kept by the division.
The division shall file every application for a license
received by it and shall maintain suitable indices containing, in
alphabetical order:
(1) All applications denied and on each a notation of the
reasons for such denial;
(2) All applications granted; and
(3) The name of every licensee whose license has been
suspended or revoked by the division and after each such name a
notation of the reasons for such action: Provided, That license
denial, suspension or revocation related solely to the school
attendance of young drivers shall not be included in the files or
indices of the division after the licensee attains the age of
nineteen years.
The division shall also file all abstracts of court records of
convictions received by it under the laws of this state and in
connection therewith maintain convenient records or make suitable
notations in order that an individual record of each licensee
showing the convictions of such licensee shall be readily
ascertainable and available for the consideration of the division
upon any application for renewal of license and at other suitable
times.
NOTE: This bill is to provide that student driver's license
denials, revocations or suspensions for school attendance are to be
expunged from the records of the division of motor vehicles after
those drivers attain the age of nineteen.
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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