H. B. 2632
(By Delegate Warner)
[Introduced February 3, 1999; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section ten, article two, chapter
seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the
commissioner of motor vehicles to enter into reciprocal
driver's license agreements with other nations.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section ten, article two, 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 2. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
§17A-2-10. Motor vehicles commissioner -- Reciprocal agreements
with other states.
The motor vehicle commissioner in cooperation with the state
auditor, state road highway commissioner, the public service commission and the department of public safety superintendent of
state police as appropriate may enter into such reciprocal
agreements as he may deem proper or expedient with the proper
authorities of other states, jurisdictions or nations, regulating
the licensing of drivers and the use, on the roads and highways
of this state, of trucks, automobiles and any other vehicles
owned and duly licensed in such other states, jurisdictions or
nations. and duly licensed under the laws thereof The
commissioner may confer and advise with the proper officers and
legislative bodies of this and other states and federal districts
of the United States, to promote enter into reciprocal agreements
under which the registration of vehicles owned in this state, and
the licenses of operators and chauffeurs drivers residing in this
state shall be recognized by other states, jurisdictions and
federal districts or other nations.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the
commissioner of motor vehicles to enter into reciprocal driver's
license agreements with other nations.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.