Senate Bill No. 142
(By Senators Miller and Love)
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[Introduced January 25, 1996; referred to the Committee
Transportation; and then to the Committee on Finance..]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article ten, chapter
seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to registration
fees for Class A vehicles.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article ten, chapter seventeen-c of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. FEES FOR REGISTRATION, LICENSING, ETC.
§17A-10-3. Registration fees for vehicles equipped with
pneumatic
tires.
The following registration fees for the classes indicated
shall be paid to the division for the registration of vehicles subject to registration hereunder when equipped with pneumatic
tires:
(a) Registration fees for the following classes shall be
paid to the division annually:
(1) Class A. -- The registration fee for all motor vehicles
of this class is as follows:
(A) For motor vehicles of a weight of three thousand pounds
or less -- twenty-five dollars.
(B) For motor vehicles of a weight of three thousand one
pounds to four thousand pounds -- thirty dollars.
(C) For motor vehicles of a weight in excess of four
thousand pounds -- thirty-six dollars.
(D) For motor vehicles designed as trucks with declared
gross weights of four thousand pounds or less -- twenty-five
dollars.
(E) For motor vehicles designed as trucks with declared
gross weights of four thousand one pounds to eight thousand
pounds -- thirty dollars. twenty-eight dollars and fifty cents.
For the purpose of determining the weight, the actual weight
of the vehicle shall be taken: Provided, That for vehicles owned
by churches, or by trustees for churches, which vehicles are regularly used for transporting parishioners to and from church
services, no license fee shall be charged, but notwithstanding
such exemption, the certificate of registration and license
plates shall be obtained the same as other cards and plates under
this article.
(2) Class B, Class E and Class K. -- The registration fee
for all motor vehicles of these three classes is as follows:
(A) For declared gross weights of eight thousand one pounds
to sixteen thousand pounds -- twenty-eight dollars plus five
dollars for each one thousand pounds or fraction thereof that the
gross weight of such vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeds
eight thousand pounds.
(B) For declared gross weights greater than sixteen thousand
pounds, but less than fifty-five thousand pounds -- seventy-eight
dollars and fifty cents plus ten dollars for each one thousand
pounds or fraction thereof that the gross weight of such vehicle
or combination of vehicles exceeds sixteen thousand pounds.
(C) For declared gross weights of fifty-five thousand pounds
or more -- seven hundred thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents
plus fifteen dollars and seventy-five cents for each one thousand
pounds or fraction thereof that the gross weight of such vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeds fifty-five thousand pounds.
(3) Class C and Class L. -- The registration fee for all
vehicles of these two classes is seventeen dollars and fifty
cents except that semitrailers, full trailers, pole trailers and
converter gear registered as Class C and Class L may be
registered for a period of ten years at a fee of one hundred
dollars.
(4) Class G. -- The registration fee for each motorcycle is
eight dollars.
(5) Class H. -- The registration fee for all vehicles for
this class operating entirely within the state is five dollars;
and for vehicles engaged in interstate transportation of persons,
the registration fee is the amount of the fees provided by this
section for Class B, Class E and Class K reduced by the amount
that the mileage of such vehicles operated in states other than
West Virginia bears to the total mileage operated by such
vehicles in all states under a formula to be established by the
division of motor vehicles.
(6) Class J. -- The registration fee for all motor vehicles
of this class is eighty-five dollars. Ambulances and hearses
used exclusively as such are exempt from the above special fees.
(7) Class S. -- The registration fee for all vehicles of
this class is seventeen dollars and fifty cents.
(8) Class U. -- The registration fee for all vehicles of
this class is fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
(9) Class Farm Truck. -- The registration fee for all motor
vehicles of this class is as follows:
(A) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of eight
thousand one pounds to sixteen thousand pounds -- thirty dollars.
(B) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of sixteen
thousand one pounds to twenty-two thousand pounds -- sixty
dollars.
(C) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of twenty-two
thousand one pounds to twenty-eight thousand pounds -- ninety
dollars.
(D) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of
twenty-eight thousand one pounds to thirty-four thousand pounds
-- one hundred fifteen dollars.
(E) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of thirty-four
thousand one pounds to forty-four thousand pounds -- one hundred
sixty dollars.
(F) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of forty-four thousand one pounds to fifty-four thousand pounds -- two hundred
five dollars.
(G) For farm trucks of declared gross weights of fifty-four
thousand one pounds to sixty-four thousand pounds -- two hundred
fifty dollars.
(b) Registration fees for the following classes shall be
paid to the division for a maximum period of three years, or
portion thereof based on the number of years remaining in the
three-year period designated by the commissioner:
(1) Class R. -- The annual registration fee for all vehicles
of this class is twelve dollars.
(2) Class T. -- The annual registration fee for all vehicles
of this class is eight dollars.
(c) The fees paid to the division for a multiyear
registration provided for by this chapter shall be the same as
the annual registration fee established by this section and any
other fee required by this chapter multiplied by the number of
years for which the registration is issued.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for one registration fee for all Class A vehicles. The registration fee
would be twenty-eight dollars and fifty cents, plus the one
dollar litter fee and fifty cent insurance fee, for a total fee
of thirty dollars. Current total fees are twenty-six dollars and
fifty cents, thirty-one dollars and fifty cents and thirty-seven
dollars and fifty cents.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.