COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 279
(By Senator Manchin)
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[Originating in the Committee on Transportation;
reported March 30, 1993.]
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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 licenses; providing for a nonprofit
commercial driver's license for persons who operate
commercial motor vehicles for nonprofit and religious
organizations; and providing reduced fees for same.
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.
(a) 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.
(b) The fee for a commercial driver's license shall be
established 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.
(c) The commissioner shall issue a "nonprofit" commercial
driver's license to an applicant requesting same who otherwise
meets the requirements of this article. A nonprofit commercial
driver's license authorizes the holder to operate, without
compensation, a commercial motor vehicle solely for purposes of
transporting persons or property on behalf of a religious
organization or a nonprofit corporation, as that term is defined
in article one, chapter thirty-one of this code. Each nonprofit
commercial driver's license issued pursuant to this subsection
shall indicate that operation of a commercial motor vehicle is
restricted to such purposes. The application fee for a nonprofit
commercial driver's license shall be equal to that fee required
for issuance of a Class E driver's license and no additional fee
may be imposed upon an applicant for a nonprofit commercial
driver's license for knowledge testing required by this section.
It is a violation of this chapter for the holder of a nonprofit
commercial driver's license to operate a commercial motor vehicle
except as authorized by this subsection.
(d) 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 anddetermined by the commissioner as necessary to administer its
responsibilities under this article.