H. B. 2808


(By Delegate Manchin)
[Introduced February 2, 2007; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary then Finance.]




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.