H. B. 2852
(By Delegates Hall, Anderson and Henderson)
[Introduced March 28, 1997; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section eight, article ten, chapter
seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to vehicles exempt
from payment of registration fees; and extending the
exemption to apply to certain other vehicles.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eight, article ten, 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 10. FEES FOR REGISTRATION, LICENSING, ETC.
§17A-10-8. Vehicles exempt from payment of registration fees.
The following specified vehicles shall be exempt from the
payment of any registration fees:
(1) Any vehicle owned or operated by the United States government, the state of West Virginia or any of their political
subdivisions including local boards of education and county
vocational or technical schools. The proper representative of
the United States government, the state of West Virginia, or any
of their political subdivisions shall make an application for
registration for the vehicle and the registration plate or plates
issued for the vehicle shall be displayed as provided in this
chapter;
(2) Any fire vehicle owned or operated by a volunteer fire
department organized for the protection of community property;
(3) Any ambulance or any other emergency rescue vehicle owned
or operated by a nonprofit, charitable organization, and used
exclusively for charitable purposes;
(4) Any vehicle owned by a disabled veteran as defined by the
provisions of Public Law 663 of the 79th Congress of the United
States, or Public Law 187 of the 82nd Congress of the United
States, or Public Law 77 of the P
90th Congress of the United States; except for vehicles used for
hire which are owned by disabled veterans;
(5) Not more than one vehicle owned by a veteran with a
hundred percent total and permanent service-connected disability
as certified by the director of the Department of Veterans'
Affairs of West Virginia and not used for commercial purposes;
(6) Not more than one Class A or Class G vehicle, as defined in section one of this article, owned by a former prisoner of war
and not used for commercial purposes. For purposes of this
subdivision, the term "prisoner of war" means any member of the
armed forces of the United States, including the United States
coast guard and national guard, who was held by any hostile force
with which the United States was actually engaged in armed
conflict during any period of the incarceration; or any person,
military or civilian, assigned to duty on the U.S.S. Pueblo who
was captured by the military forces of North Korea on the
twenty-third of January, one thousand nine hundred sixty-eight,
and thereafter held prisoner; except any person who, at any time,
voluntarily, knowingly and without duress, gave aid to or
collaborated with or in any manner served any such hostile force;
and
(7) Not more than one Class A or Class G vehicle, as defined
in section one of this article, owned by a recipient of the
congressional medal of honor and not used for commercial
purposes;
(8) Any vehicle owned by a duly recognized auxiliary or police
organization and used exclusively for charitable purposes;
(9) Any vehicle owned by a duly chartered humane society or
society dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals and
used exclusively for charitable purposes;
(10) Any vehicle owned by any chapter of the American Red Cross;
(11) Any vehicle owned by a chartered local council of the Boy
Scouts of America or the Girl Scouts of America;
(12) Any vehicle owned by a chartered local council of the
Boys Clubs of America or Girls Clubs of America;
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to extend the exemption from
payment of registration fees for certain vehicles.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that
would be added.