COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 424
(By Senator Bailey)
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[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure; reported February 26, 2007.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §17A-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to one-trip permits issued by the
State Police; increasing the fee for issuance; and providing
that the State Police retain a portion of the fee for
administration and enforcement.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §17A-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. SPECIAL STICKERS.
§17A-7-2. Operation of motor vehicles by dealers or other persons
under special stickers; application and fees;
expiration.
(a) A member of the department of public safety West Virginia
State Police may at any detachment office, upon application
therefor on a form prescribed by the commissioner, issue to a
licensed dealer or any other person other than those specified in section one of this article, a paper sticker or decal to be affixed
to the left side of the rear window of a motor vehicle or to the
left rear of a vehicle which is not self-propelled. Such sticker
or decal shall be of a size to be designated by the commissioner
and shall be serially numbered and shall have provision thereon to
indicate the date of issuance thereof.
(b) A fee of one dollar ten dollars per sticker shall be
charged collected and dispersed as follows; five dollars and shall
be deposited in the state road fund and five dollars shall be
deposited into a special account for the use of the State Police
for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
(c) Such sticker or decal shall be valid for forty-eight hours
after its issuance for the operation of a vehicle, whether under
its own power or while being towed, one time only over the streets
or highways, of this state, and upon being once affixed to a
vehicle shall become invalid for subsequent use on that or any
other vehicle.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the fee for
issuance of one-trip permits and providing that the State Police
retain a portion of the fee for administration and enforcement.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.