Senate Bill No. 362
(By Senator Wagner)
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[Introduced March 12, 1993; referred to the Committee
on Transportation; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article seven, chapter
seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to increasing the
fees for special stickers issued by the division of public
safety for the limited operation of motor vehicles; and
using the increased fees for the division of public safety
retirement system.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article seven, chapter seventeen-a of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. SPECIAL STICKERS.
§17A-7-2. Operation of motor vehicles by dealers or other persons
under special stickers; application and fees; expiration.
A member of the department division of public safety may at
any detachment office, upon application therefor on a form
prescribed by the commissioner, issue to a licensed dealer or anyother person other than those specified in section one of this
article, a paper sticker or decal to be affixed to the left side
of the rear window of a motor vehicle or to the left rear of a
vehicle which is not self-propelled. Such The sticker or decal
shall be of a size to be designated by the commissioner and shall
be serially numbered and shall have provision thereon to indicate
the date of issuance thereof. A fee of one dollar ten dollars
per sticker shall be charged and one dollar of the fee shall be
deposited in the state road fund. Such The sticker or decal
shall be valid for forty-eight hours after its issuance for the
operation of a vehicle, whether under its own power or while
being towed, one time only over the streets or highways of this
state, and upon being once affixed to a vehicle shall become
invalid for subsequent use on that or any other vehicle.
Nine dollars of the fee for special stickers shall be
deposited in the state treasury for the exclusive use of the
division of public safety retirement system.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the fee, from
$1.00 to $10.00, for special stickers issued by members of the
division of public safety to dealers and other persons for the
limited operation of motor vehicles. The increased portion of
the fee is to be used for the Division of Public Safety
Retirement System.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.