Senate Bill No. 162

(By Senator Rowe)

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[Introduced January 16, 2003; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section fourteen, article two, chapter seventeen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to motor vehicles; and expunging motor vehicle license information for nineteen- year-olds when denials, suspensions or revocations of their licenses are due to school attendance.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section fourteen, article two, chapter seventeen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE, EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL.
§17B-2-14. Records and indices to be kept by the division.

The division shall file every application for a license received by it and shall maintain suitable indices containing, in alphabetical order:
(1) All applications denied and on each a notation of the reasons for such denial;
(2) All applications granted; and
(3) The name of every licensee whose license has been suspended or revoked by the division and after each such name a notation of the reasons for such action: Provided, That license denial, suspension or revocation related solely to the school attendance of young drivers shall not be included in the files or indices of the division after the licensee attains the age of nineteen years.
The division shall also file all abstracts of court records of convictions received by it under the laws of this state and in connection therewith maintain convenient records or make suitable notations in order that an individual record of each licensee showing the convictions of such licensee shall be readily ascertainable and available for the consideration of the division upon any application for renewal of license and at other suitable times.



NOTE: This bill is to provide that student driver's license denials, revocations or suspensions for school attendance are to be expunged from the records of the division of motor vehicles after those drivers attain the age of nineteen.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.