Bill Text: WV HB2117 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempting nonprofit organizations from paying an annual motor vehicle registration fee
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-12 - To House Roads and Transportation [HB2117 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2011-HB2117-Introduced.html
(By Delegate Perry)
[Introduced January 12, 2011; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §17A-10-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to exempting nonprofit organizations from paying an annual motor vehicle registration fee.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §17A-10-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. FEES FOR REGISTRATION, LICENSING, ETC.
§17A-10-8. Vehicles exempt from payment of registration fees.
The following specified vehicles
(1) Any vehicle owned or operated by the United States government, the State of West Virginia or any of their political subdivisions. The proper representative of the United States government, the State of West Virginia or any of their political subdivisions shall make an application for registration for the vehicle and the registration plate or plates issued for the vehicle shall be displayed as provided in this chapter;
(2) Any fire vehicle owned or operated by a volunteer fire department organized for the protection of community property;
(3) Any ambulance or any other emergency rescue vehicle owned or operated by a nonprofit, charitable organization and used exclusively for charitable purposes;
(4) Any motor vehicle owned by a nonprofit or charitable organization used exclusively by the organization for carrying out its charitable, educational or other social goals and purposes;
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt nonprofit organizations from paying an annual motor vehicle registration fee for vehicles used exclusively to carry out its goals and purposes.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.