H. B. 4335
(By Delegate Kuhn)
[Introduced February 1, 2000; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article two, chapter seventeen-b of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
seven-d, relating to requiring drivers to be retested
periodically.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter seventeen-b of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
seven-d, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE, EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL.
§17B-2-7d. Reexamination of licensees.
After an individual has held a valid driver's license in this
state for a period of ten years the licensee shall be reexamined to
determine his or her fitness to drive a motor vehicle. The
division of motor vehicles, therefore, shall examine every such
licensee for the reissuance of a license to operate a motor vehicle
in this state. The reexamination shall include a test of the
applicant's eyesight, the applicant's ability to read and
understand highway signs regulating, warning, and directing
traffic, the applicant's knowledge of the traffic laws of this
state, and the applicant's knowledge of the effects of alcohol upon
persons and the dangers of driving a motor vehicle under the
influence of alcohol. The reexamination shall also include an
actual demonstration of ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable
control in the operation of a motor vehicle, and any further
physical and mental reexamination as the division of motor vehicles
considers necessary to determine the applicant's fitness to operate
a motor vehicle safely upon the highways. The reexamination shall
be in accordance with the rules previously required to be proposed
under subdivision (b), section seven of this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the reexamination
of drivers licensees who have held a valid driver's license for ten
years.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.