Senate Bill No. 12
(By Senators Bailey and Love)
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[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the Committee on
Finance.]
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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 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 The 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 its date of issuance.
thereof
(b) A fee of five twelve dollars and fifty cents per sticker
shall be collected and dispersed as follows: two Five dollars and
fifty cents shall be deposited in the State Road Fund; and two
dollars and fifty cents shall be deposited in the special revenue
account within the Division of Highways for the maintenance of the
West Virginia welcome centers and rest areas along interstate
highways in this state; 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 The sticker or decal shall be is 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, and upon being once affixed to
a vehicle shall become becomes 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 to provide 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.