West Virginia HB 4031: Requiring the Division of Motor Vehicles to make available an electronic proof of motor vehicle registration

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WEST virginia Legislature

2018 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4031

By Delegates Howell, Zatezalo, 
Kelly, Sypolt, Hicks, Ward, Atkinson, and Frich

[Introduced January 11, 
2018; Referred

to the Committee on Roads and Transportation then the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and 
reenact §17A-3-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to 
requiring the Division of Motor Vehicles to make available an electronic proof 
of motor vehicle registration that can be carried on a wireless communication 
device.

Be it enacted by the 
Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 3. ORIGINAL AND 
RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.

§17A-3-10. Division to 
issue registration card; duplicate to county assessor.

(a) The division upon registering a vehicle, or an agent 
of the division upon collecting the required fees and taxes in accordance with 
the provisions of §17A-6-1b of this code, shall:

(1) Issue a registration card to be delivered to the 
owner and containing thereon the date issued, the name and address of the 
owner, the registration number assigned to the vehicle and such description of 
the vehicle as determined by the commissioner; and

(2) Make available to 
the owner an image capable of being displayed on a wireless communication 
device, as defined in §17B-1-1 of this code, that includes the information 
contained on the registration card and that may be used as proof of current 
registration of the vehicle.

(b) The division shall send a duplicate of said the 
registration card to the assessor of the county in which the owner resides, or 
in cases of nonresidents of the state, to the assessor of the county wherein 
the vehicle is located.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is 
to require the Division of Motor Vehicles to develop an electronic proof of 
motor vehicle registration that can be carried on a wireless communication 
device.

Strike-throughs indicate language 
that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring 
indicates new language that would be added.

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