HB2969 HFAT Steele 3-15

Schiffour 3289

Delegate Steele moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill No. 2969 – “A BILL to amend and reenact §17-16D-6 and §17-16D-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §17-17-10, §17-17-11, §17-17-12, §17-17-21, §17-17-22 and §17-17-37; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-17-38; to amend and reenact §17A-2A-9; and to amend and reenact §24-2-1 of said code, all relating to privately owned toll bridges; providing for the sale of a municipally owned toll bridge to a private toll transportation facility under certain circumstances; defining the term “private toll transportation facility”; authorizing the retention and collection of tolls on a privately owned toll bridge; clarifying procedures for the electronic collection of tolls by a private toll transportation facility; clarifying the tax treatment of toll bridges sold by a municipality to a private toll transportation facility; providing for the imposition of liability and nonrenewal of vehicle registration for failure to pay tolls on a privately owned toll bridge; clarifying the application of provisions of code to state owned and privately owned toll bridges; and clarifying the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission over toll bridges.”

Adopted

Rejected