ENGROSSED

Senate Bill No. 714

(By Senators Craigo, Sharpe, Jackson, Chafin, Prezioso, Plymale, Love, Helmick, Bowman, Bailey, Anderson, Edgell, Unger, McCabe, Boley, Minear and Sprouse)

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[Originating in the Committee on Finance;


reported March 30, 2001.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article fourteen-e, chapter seven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to fees charged by a county commission for traffic accident reports, criminal investigation reports, incident reports and property reports; and exempting from collection the fee for the first report provided to a person against whom the offense or violation was committed.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article fourteen-e, chapter seven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 14E. ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN FEES; DEDICATION OF FEE TO DEPUTY SHERIFF'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

§7-14E-2. Statewide uniform fees for reports generated by sheriff's offices; dedication of fees.

(a) Effective the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, The county commission of each county in this state shall set a fee for obtaining certain reports. This fee shall be set at a minimum of ten dollars for each report, with a maximum of twenty dollars for each report. Ten dollars of the charge for each report shall be deposited into the deputy sheriff's retirement fund created in section six, article fourteen-d, chapter seven of this code. The reports for which a charge may be made are traffic accident reports, criminal investigation reports, incident reports and property reports: Provided, That the above fee set by each county commission for obtaining these reports may not be charged for the first report provided to an injured party. "Injured party" means a person against whom the offense or violation was committed, including a person that suffered injury or damage, physically or to his or her property, real or personal, as a direct result of the event or occurrence that precipitated the need for a report and the person is accorded no fault in the report for the resulting injury or damage.
(b) Effective the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, All sheriff's offices in this state shall collect a fee of five dollars for performing the following services: Adult private employment fingerprinting; fingerprinting for federal firearm permits; motor vehicle number identification; adult identification card and photo-identification card. Upon collection, these fees shall be deposited into the deputy sheriff's retirement fund created in section six, article fourteen-d of this chapter.
(c) Effective the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, All sheriff's offices in this state shall collect a fee of five dollars for each nongovernmental background investigation report. Upon collection, these fees shall be deposited into the deputy sheriff's retirement fund created in section six, article fourteen-d, chapter seven of this code.
(d) No charge may be made under this section for any report or reports made to governmental agencies.