ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 680
(By Senator McCabe)
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[Passed March 10, 2006; in effect ninety days from passage.]

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AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §24A-6A-15, relating to granting the Public Service Commission authority and responsibilities under the Single State Registration System and the Unified Carrier Registration System with regard to motor carriers operating in interstate commerce.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §24A-6A-15, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 6A. REGISTRATION OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION AUTHORITY AND IDENTIFICATION OF VEHICLES TO BE OPERATED THEREUNDER.

§24A-6A-15. Unified Carrier Registration System.

(a) The Public Service Commission is designated as the appropriate state agency to implement and enforce the Unified Carrier Registration System established by the Federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, 49 U. S. C. §14504a, as amended.

(b) The commission is authorized to promulgate rules pursuant to its general rule-making authority, if necessary, including emergency rules, to implement the federal law and regulations established under the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005.