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Introduced Version House Bill 3053 History

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H. B. 3053


(By Delegates Anderson and Ellem)
[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend and reenact §17B-3-3a, §17B-3-3c and §17B-3-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to providing that accessible parking violations will be considered motor vehicle violations and criminal offenses for certain penalty and record keeping purposes.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §17B-3-3a, §17B-3-3c and §17B-3-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. CANCELLATION, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES.

§17B-3-3a. Suspending license for failure to pay fines or penalties imposed by magistrate court or municipal court.

The division shall suspend the license of any resident of this state or the privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this state upon receiving notice from a magistrate court or municipal court of this state, pursuant to subsection (b), section two-a, article three, chapter fifty or subsection (b), section two-a, article ten, chapter eight of this code, that such person has defaulted on the payment of costs, fines, forfeitures or penalties, which were imposed on the person by the magistrate court or municipal court upon conviction of any motor vehicle violation, after one hundred eighty days following such conviction, or that such person has failed to appear in court when charged with a motor vehicle violation. For the purposes of this section, section two-a, article three, chapter fifty and section two-a, article ten, chapter eight, "motor vehicle violation" shall be defined as any violation designated in chapter seventeen-a, seventeen-b, seventeen-c, seventeen-d or seventeen-e of this code, or the violation of any municipal ordinance relating to the operation of a motor vehicle for which the violation thereof would result in a fine or penalty. Provided, That,
Except for an accessible parking violation pursuant to section six, article thirteen, chapter seventeen-c of this code, any a parking violation or other violation for which a citation may be issued to an unattended vehicle shall not be considered a motor vehicle violation for the purposes of this section, section two-a, article three, chapter fifty or section two-a, article ten, chapter eight of this code.
§17B-3-3c. Suspending license for failure to pay fines or penalties imposed as the result of criminal conviction or for failure to appear in court.

(a) The division shall suspend the license of any resident of this state or the privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this state upon receiving notice from a circuit court, magistrate court or municipal court of this state, pursuant to section two-b, article three, chapter fifty of this code or section two-b, article ten, chapter eight of said this code or section seventeen, article four, chapter sixty-two of said this code, that such person has defaulted on the payment of costs, fines, forfeitures, penalties or restitution imposed on the person by the circuit court, magistrate court or municipal court upon conviction for any criminal offense by the date such court had required such person to pay the same, or that such person has failed to appear in court when charged with such an offense. For the purposes of this section; section two-b, article three, chapter fifty of said this code; section two-b, article ten, chapter eight of said this code; and section seventeen, article four, chapter sixty-two of said this code, "criminal offense" shall be defined as any violation of the provisions of said this code, or the violation of any municipal ordinance, for which the violation thereof may result in a fine, confinement in jail or imprisonment in a correctional facility of this state. Provided, That, Except for an accessible parking violation pursuant to section six, article thirteen, chapter seventeen-c of this code, any a parking violation or other violation for which a citation may be issued to an unattended vehicle shall not be considered a criminal offense for the purposes of this section; section two-b, article ten, chapter eight of said this code; section two-b, article three, chapter fifty of said this code; or section seventeen, article four, chapter sixty-two of said this code.
(b) A copy of the order of suspension shall be forwarded to such person by certified mail, return receipt requested. No order of suspension becomes effective until ten days after receipt of a copy of such order. The order of suspension shall advise the person that because of the receipt of notice of the failure to pay costs, fines, forfeitures or penalties, or the failure to appear, a presumption exists that the person named in the order of suspension is the same person named in the notice. The Commissioner may grant an administrative hearing which substantially complies with the requirements of the provisions of section two, article five-a, chapter seventeen-c of this code upon a preliminary showing that a possibility exists that the person named in the notice of conviction is not the same person whose license is being suspended. Such request for hearing shall be made within ten days after receipt of a copy of the order of suspension. The sole purpose of this hearing shall be for the person requesting the hearing to present evidence that he or she is not the person named in the notice. In the event the Commissioner grants an administrative hearing, the Commissioner shall stay the license suspension pending the Commissioner's order resulting from the hearing.
(c) A suspension under this section and section three-a of this chapter will continue until the person provides proof of compliance from the municipal, magistrate or circuit court and pays the reinstatement fee as provided in section nine of this article. The reinstatement fee is assessed upon issuance of the order of suspension regardless of the effective date of suspension.
§17B-3-4. Abstract of judgment of conviction for violation of motor vehicle laws to be sent to division.

Whenever a conviction is had in any court of record, or in a justice's court, or in the police court or mayor's court of any incorporated municipality, for the violation of any law of this state governing or regulating the licensing or operation of any motor vehicle, or for the violation of any provision of a charter, or bylaw, or ordinance of such incorporated municipality governing or regulating the operation of motor vehicles, except regulations governing standing or parking, the clerk of every such court, or the justice, or the clerk or recorder of such municipality, as the case may be, shall in each case transmit to the division within seventy-two hours after such conviction is had a certified abstract of the judgment on such conviction. An accessible parking violation pursuant to section six, article thirteen, chapter seventeen-c of this code is subject to the requirements of this section.
For the purposes of this chapter, a forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure a defendant's appearance in court, which forfeiture has not been vacated, shall be equivalent to a conviction.
Wilful Willful failure, refusal or neglect to comply with the provisions of this section shall subject the person who is guilty thereof to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars and may be the grounds for removal from office.




NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to establish that accessible parking violations will be considered motor vehicle violations and criminal offenses for certain penalty and record keeping purposes.

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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