Senate Bill No. 680
(By Senator McCabe)
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[Introduced February 20, 2006; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL 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.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
address the transition
from the current single state registration system for motor
carriers operating in interstate commerce to the new federal system
established by the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, 49 U.
S. C. §14504a, as amended.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.)