ENROLLED

Senate Bill No. 496

(By Senators Bailey, Burnette, Chafin, Jackson, McCabe, Minard, Redd, Rowe, Wooton and Boley)

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[Passed April 6, 2001; to take effect July 1, 2001]

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AN ACT to amend article two, chapter seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-four, relating to continuing the department of motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty- four, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
§17A-2-24. Termination of department.
The department of motor vehicles shall terminate on the first day of July, two thousand three, pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished pursuant to the provisions of that article.