Senate Bill No. 279
(By Senator Manchin)
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[Introduced March 4, 1993; referred to the Committee
on Transportation.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty-three, article one,
chapter seventeen-e of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
commercial driver's license; and fees for persons who are
employed by and associated with nonprofit or charitable
organizations.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty-three, article one, chapter seventeen-e
of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-
one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.
§17E-1-23. Funding for the commercial driver's license fees.
Each application for a commercial driver's license shall be
accompanied by the fees hereafter provided and such fees shall be
deposited in a special revolving fund for the operation by the
department of its functions established by this chapter.
The fee for a commercial driver's license shall beestablished by the commissioner to cover all necessary costs for
program administration. The fees for knowledge and road testing
shall also be established by the commissioner to cover all
program costs projected to be incurred by the department of motor
vehicles and the department of public safety: Provided, That the
application and renewal fees for a commercial driver's license
for those persons employed by or associated with nonprofit or
charitable organizations, shall be at the same rate as that of a
noncommercial driver's license and these licenses shall be
stamped "nonprofit." The commissioner of motor vehicles is
authorized and directed to transfer into a special revolving fund
under the control of the superintendent of the department of
public safety such amounts required by the department of public
safety and determined by the commissioner as necessary to
administer its responsibilities under this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to limit commercial
driver's license application and renewal fees for persons
employed by or who are volunteers for nonprofit or charitable
organizations.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.