H. B. 2133
(By Delegate Kiss)
[Introduced February 16, 1993; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation.]
A BILL to amend article one, chapter seven of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section
thirteen, relating to authorizing county commissions to
impose a motor vehicle registration license fee for each
vehicle owned by a resident of the county; and imposing a
misdemeanor criminal penalty in the form of a fine for
failure to register.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter seven of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
thirteen to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. COUNTY COMMISSIONS GENERALLY.
§7-1-13. Authority to require registration for motor vehicles;
misdemeanor penalty.
The county commission of any county is hereby authorized andempowered to require by order entered of record that no person
may locate, place or maintain any motor vehicle in such county
for more than thirty days until the owner of such motor vehicle
has first obtained a registration license permit to do so from
the assessor of such county. Such license permit shall be for
information purposes and an application for any such permit shall
be made upon such forms as may be prescribed by the assessor. A
fee not exceeding twenty dollars, to be fixed by the county
commission by order entered of record, may be charged by the
assessor for the issuance of any such license permit. All fees
so collected shall become a part of the county treasury.
Any person violating any such county commission order shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined not less than five hundred dollars. Magistrates shall
have concurrent jurisdiction with courts of record with criminal
jurisdiction of any offense under this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize county
commissions to impose a motor vehicle registration license fee in
the amount of $20.00 for each vehicle owned by a resident of the
county. It makes it a misdemeanor not to register, with a fine
or penalty of not less than $500.00.
§7-1-13 is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring
have been omitted.