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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
     2024 REGULAR SESSION
                 Introduced House Bill 5637
                By Delegate Linville [Introduced February 12, 2024; Referred to the Committee on Technology and Infrastructure then Finance]
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1    A BILL to amend and reenact §17A-3-14b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
2              relating to changing the number of applicants for a special plate from 100 to 50.
     Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
     ARTICLE 3. ORIGINAL AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OF
               CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.
     §17A-3-14b.           Special registration plates for military personnel.
1              (a) The division may continue to issue special plates for any plate class authorized by
2    enactments of §17A-3-14 of this code prior to the year 2023 for active, retired, or honorably
3    discharged military personnel, or the next of kin of a member of any branch of the armed services
4    of the United States killed in combat. The division shall charge an initial application fee of $10 for
5    each special registration plate issued pursuant to this section, which is in addition to all other fees
6    required by this chapter. A surviving spouse may continue to use his or her deceased spouse's
7    military license plate until the surviving spouse dies, remarries, or does not renew the license
8    plate.
9              (b) The applicant shall present documentation as determined by the commissioner as
10   evidence of qualification for any plate authorized in this section.
11             (c) The division may issue a special registration plate pursuant to this section to any
12   number of vehicles titled in the name of the applicant.
13             (d) If a new special plate as authorized in this section recognizes members of a military
14   organization chartered by the United States Congress, the division may produce such plate upon
15   receipt of a guarantee from the organization of a minimum of 100 50 applicants.
               NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to reduce the minimum applicants for a special plate from
               100 to 50.
               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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Statutes affected: 
Introduced Version: 17A-3-14b