H. B. 4615


(By Delegate Nesbitt)
[Introduced February 25, 1994; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then Finance.]




A BILL to amend and reenact section eight, article two, chapter seventeen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to motor vehicle drivers licenses generally; and requiring that all new drivers licenses issued use the driver's social security number as the identifying number on the license.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section eight, article two, chapter seventeen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE, EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL.

§ 17B - 2 - 8. Issuance and contents of licenses; fees.

(1) The division shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every applicant qualifying therefor a driver's license, which shall indicate the type or general class or classes of vehicle or vehicles the licensee may operate in accordance with this chapter, or chapter seventeen-e of this code, or motorcycle-only license. Each license shall contain a coded number assigned to the licensee which shall be the licensee's social security number preceded by the letters "WV," the full name, date of birth, residence address, a brief description and a color photograph of the licensee and either a facsimile of the signature of the licensee or a space upon which the signature of the licensee shall be written with pen and ink immediately upon receipt of the license. No license shall be valid until it has been so signed by the licensee: Provided, That the commissioner may issue a valid without-photo license for applicants temporarily out of state. A driver's license which is valid for operation of a motorcycle shall contain a motorcycle endorsement. The division shall use such process or processes in the issuance of licenses that will, insofar as possible, prevent any alteration, counterfeiting, duplication, reproduction, forging or modification of, or the superimposition of a photograph on, such license.

(2) The fee for the issuance of a Class E driver's license shall be ten dollars and fifty cents. The fee for issuance of a Class D driver's license shall be twenty-five dollars and fifty cents. Fifty cents of each such fee shall be deposited in the "combined voter registration and driver's licensing fund", established pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-two-a, article two, chapter three of this code. The one-time only additional fee for adding a motorcycle endorsement to a driver's license shall be five dollars. The fee for issuance of a motorcycle-only license shall be ten dollars. The fees for the motorcycle endorsement or motorcycle-only license shall be paid into a special fund in the state treasury known as the motorcycle safety fund as established in section seven, article one-d of this chapter.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that the DMV use the driver's social security number as the identifying number on the driver's license.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.