SB 695 Text

Senate Bill No. 695
(By Senators Wooton and Unger)
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[Introduced February 18, 2002; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance

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A BILL to amend article six, chapter seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section five-a, relating to authorizing out-of-state dealers duly licensed in a contiguous state to participate in vehicle shows and exhibitions to the extent that the dealer's home state allows dealers licensed under the laws of this state to participate in vehicle shows in the other state.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article six, chapter seventeen-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 five-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. LICENSING OF DEALERS AND WRECKERS OR DISMANTLERS;

SPECIAL PLATES; TEMPORARY PLATES OR MARKERS, ETC.

§17A-6-5a. Reciprocity for out-of-state dealers.

(a) The division may permit a vehicle dealer licensed in another state contiguous to this state to participate in industry wide public vehicle shows and exhibitions subject to the following:

(1) The division determines that the state in which the out- of-state dealer is licensed, permits dealers licensed by this state to participate in public vehicle shows and exhibitions under conditions substantially equivalent to the conditions which are imposed upon dealers from that state who participate in public vehicle shows and exhibitions in this state;

(2) The division determines that the out-of-state dealer holds a valid and unrevoked vehicle dealer license from the dealer's home state;

(3) The dealer has secured the permission of its manufacturer; and

(4) The dealer first obtains an off-premises sales permit issued under legislative rules promulgated by the division.

(b) Nothing in this section requires an organizer of a public vehicle show or exhibition to invite or to include an out-of-state vehicle dealer as a participant.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow the division to authorize out-of-state dealers to participate in public vehicle shows or exhibitions under conditions of reciprocity if the home state of the out-of-state dealers allows West Virginia dealers to likewise participate in public vehicle shows or exhibitions on a reciprocal basis.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.

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