ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 225
(By Senators Ross, Sharpe, Anderson and Ball)
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[Introduced January 26, 1999;
referred to the Committee on Transportation.]
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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 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.
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(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.)