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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 307

(By Senator Jones)

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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;

reported February 23, 1994.]


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A BILL to amend article three, chapter seventeen-a, of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-four, relating to motor vehicle administration; original and renewal of registration; registration plates to state, county, municipal and other governmental vehicles; and requiring the division of motor vehicles to keep an exact count of these registration plates and to issue appropriate devices to be attached to the plates each year.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-four, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. ORIGINAL AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.
§17A-3-24. The state and local government vehicle accountability act.

The commissioner shall keep an exact and separate count for the registration of state, county, municipal and other governmental vehicles and for each state, county, municipal and other governmental department, division and agency and report this information to the governor and the Legislature every tenth of January. Each such vehicle shall have an appropriate device attached to the registration plate each year to indicate the year for which the vehicle has been registered or the date of expiration of the registration. This device shall be the same device designated by the commissioner for all other motor vehicle registration plates. There shall be a fee of one dollar for each separate device to be attached to the governmental vehicles' registration plates.