WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
ENROLLED
House Bill 5549
BY DELEGATE LINVILLE
[Passed March 4, 2024; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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1 AN ACT to amend and reenact §15A-4-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
2 relating to allowing license plates, road signs, and markers to be obtained from sources
3 other than the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 4. CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT.
§15A-4-15. Manufacture of license plates, road signs or markers.
1 (a) The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to establish and operate a
2 plant in his or her institution for the manufacture of road signs and markers of any description for
3 state roads and of license plates.
4 (b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall secure all license plates from the division:
5 Provided, That the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may secure license plates from alternative
6 sources if the division is unable to provide a six-month supply of license plates due to a shortage
7 of resources, labor, or other circumstance beyond the control of the division.
8 (c) The Commissioner of Highways may obtain road signs and markers of any description
9 for state roads from the division.
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The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate hereby certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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Clerk of the House of Delegates
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Clerk of the Senate Originated in the House of Delegates.
In effect ninety days from passage.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates
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President of the Senate __________
The within is ................................................ this the...........................................
Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2024.
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Governor
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Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 15A-4-15
Engrossed Version: 15A-4-15
Second Engrossment: 15A-4-15
Enrolled Version: 15A-4-15