H. B. 4507
(By Delegates Stephens, Eldridge, Howard
and Sobonya)
[Introduced February 13, 2006; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then Finance.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto
a new article, designated §16-42-1 and §16-42- 2; and to amend and reenact
§17A-3-14 of said code, all relating to establishing a "Choose
Life" fund; providing for "Choose Life" license plates;
providing that moneys in the "Choose Life" fund be used by the
Director for the Bureau for Public Health to fund eligible private, nonprofit
organizations that provide services to pregnant women who are planning to
place their children for adoption.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a
new article, designated §16-42-1 and §16-42-2; and that §17A-3-14 of said
code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.
ARTICLE 42. CHOOSE LIFE FUND.
§16-42-1. Short title.
This article may be cited as the "West Virginia Choose Life Act".
§16-42-2. Choose life fund; purpose; distribution; qualifications for receipt
of funds.
(a) The Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health shall establish and
maintain a "Choose Life" program as follows:
(1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the "Choose Life"
fund. The fund shall consist of the contributions that are paid to the Division
of Motor Vehicles by applicants who voluntarily elect to obtain "Choose
Life" license plates pursuant to section fourteen, article three, chapter
seventeen-a of this code and any money returned to the fund. All investment
earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
(2) The Director of the Bureau for Public Health shall distribute the money in
the fund to any private, nonprofit organization eligible to receive funds under
the provisions of this section and which complies with the requirements of this
section. (b) The director shall distribute moneys from the "Choose
Life" fund based on the county in which the organization applying for
funding is located and in proportion to the number of "Choose Life"
license plates issued during the preceding year to vehicles registered in each
county as compared to the other counties. Within each county, eligible
organizations that apply for funding shall receive an equal share of the
proportion of "Choose Life" funds distributed by the Director of the
Bureau for Public Health to organizations located within the county.
(c) An organization seeking funds under this section shall apply to the Director
of the Bureau for Public Health for funding. The Director of the Bureau for
Public Health shall develop an application form and may determine the schedule
and procedures that an organization must follow when applying for funds. The
application shall inform the applicant that the moneys in the fund collected
during the previous year shall be available for distribution on the first day of
July of the following year and each succeeding year thereafter as long as there
are moneys in the "Choose Life" fund. In addition, the application
shall include instructions and list the conditions for receiving and using funds
under the provisions of this section. The application shall require evidence
that the organization meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Is a private, nonprofit organization;
(2) Is committed as set forth in its by laws to counseling pregnant women about
the option of adoption;
(3) Provides services within the state to pregnant women who are planning to
place their children for adoption, including counseling and helping to meet the
material needs of pregnant women;
(4) Does not charge women for any services received;
(5) Is not involved or associated with any abortion activities, including
counseling for or referrals to abortion clinics, providing medical
abortion-related procedures, or proabortion advertising;
(6) Does not discriminate in its provision of any services to any person on the
basis of race, religion, color, age, marital status, national origin, handicap,
gender, or age.
(d) The Director of the Bureau for Public Health shall not distribute funds to
an organization that does not provide verifiable evidence of the requirements of
this section and shall not provide additional funds to any organization that
fails to comply with subsection (e) of this section.
(e)(1) An organization receiving funds under this section shall do all of the
following:
(A) Use not more than sixty per cent of the funds distributed to it for the
material needs of pregnant women who are planning to place their children for
adoption or for infants awaiting
placement with adoptive parents, including clothing, housing, medical care,
food, utilities, and transportation;
(B) Use not more than forty percent of the funds distributed to it for
counseling, training, or advertising;
(C) Not use any of the funds distributed to it for administrative expenses,
legal expenses, or capital expenditures;
(D) Annually return to the "Choose Life" fund created under this
section any unused money that exceeds ten percent of the money distributed to
the organization.
(2) The organization annually shall submit to the director an audited financial
statement verifying its compliance with the provisions of this section.
CHAPTER 17A. MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION, REGISTRATION,
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND ANTITHEFT PROVISIONS.
ARTICLE 3. ORIGINAL AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF
TITLE.
§17A-3-14. Registration plates generally; description of plates; issuance of
special numbers and plates; registration fees; special application fees;
exemptions; commissioner to promulgate forms; suspension and nonrenewal.
(a) The division upon registering a vehicle shall issue to the owner one
registration plate for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer or other motor
vehicle.
(b) Registration plates issued by the division shall meet the following
requirements:
(1) Every registration plate shall be of reflectorized material and have
displayed upon it the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which it
is issued; the name of this state, which may be abbreviated; and the year number
for which it is issued or the date of expiration of the plate.
(2) Every registration plate and the required letters and numerals on the plate
shall be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a distance of one
hundred feet during daylight: Provided, That the requirements of this
subdivision shall not apply to the year number for which the plate is issued or
the date of expiration.
(3) Registration numbering for registration plates shall begin with number two.
(c) The division may not issue, permit to be issued or distribute any special
registration plates except as follows:
(1) The Governor shall be issued two registration plates, on one of which shall
be imprinted the numeral one and on the other the word one.
(2) State officials and judges may be issued special registration plates as
follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue to the Secretary of
State, State Superintendent of Schools, Auditor, Treasurer, Commissioner of
Agriculture and the Attorney General, the members of both houses of the
Legislature, including the elected officials of both houses of the Legislature,
the justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, the
representatives and senators of the state in the Congress of the United States,
the judges of the West Virginia circuit courts, active and retired on senior
status, the judges of the United States district courts for the State of West
Virginia and the judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the fourth
circuit, if any of the judges are residents of West Virginia, a special
registration plate for a Class A motor vehicle and a special registration plate
for a Class G motorcycle owned by the official or his or her spouse: Provided,
That the division may issue a Class A special registration plate for each
vehicle titled to the official and a Class G special registration plate for each
motorcycle titled to the official.
(B) Each plate issued pursuant to this subdivision shall bear any combination of
letters and numbers not to exceed an amount determined by the commissioner and a
designation of the office. Each plate shall supersede the regular numbered plate
assigned to the official or his or her spouse during the official's term of
office and while the motor vehicle is owned by the official or his or her
spouse.
(C) The division shall charge an annual fee of fifteen dollars for every
registration plate issued pursuant to this subdivision, which is in addition to
all other fees required by this chapter.
(3) The division may issue members of the National Guard forces special
registration plates as follows:
(A) Upon receipt of an application on a form prescribed by the division and
receipt of written evidence from the chief executive officer of the Army
National Guard or Air National Guard, as appropriate, or the commanding officer
of any United States Armed Forces Reserve Unit that the applicant is a member
thereof, the division shall issue to any member of the National Guard of this
state or a member of any reserve unit of the United States Armed Forces a
special registration plate designed by the commissioner for any number of Class
A motor vehicles owned by the member. Upon presentation of written evidence of
retirement status, retired members of this state's Army or Air National Guard,
or retired members of any reserve unit of the United States Armed Forces, are
eligible to purchase the special registration plate issued pursuant to this
subdivision.
(B) The division shall charge an initial application fee of ten dollars for each
special registration plate issued pursuant to this subdivision, which is in
addition to all other fees required by this chapter. All initial application
fees collected by the division shall be deposited into a special revolving fund
to be used in the administration of this section.
(C) A surviving spouse may continue to use his or her deceased spouse's National
Guard Forces license plate until the surviving spouse dies, remarries or does
not renew the license plate.
(4) Specially arranged registration plates may be issued as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, any owner of a motor vehicle subject to Class
A registration, or a motorcycle subject to Class G registration, as defined by
this article, may request that the division issue a registration plate bearing
specially arranged letters or numbers with the maximum number of letters or
numbers to be determined by the commissioner. The division shall attempt to
comply with the request wherever possible.
(B) The commissioner shall propose rules for Legislative approval in accordance
with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code regarding the orderly
distribution of the plates: Provided, That for purposes of this
subdivision, the registration plates requested and issued shall include all
plates bearing the numbers two through two thousand.
(C) An annual fee of fifteen dollars shall be charged for each special
registration plate issued pursuant to this subdivision, which is in addition to
all other fees required by this chapter.
(5) The division may issue honorably discharged veterans special registration
plates as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue to any honorably
discharged veteran of any branch of the Armed Services of the United States a
special registration plate for any number of vehicles titled in the name of the
qualified applicant with an insignia designed by the Commissioner of the
Division of Motor Vehicles.
(B) The division shall charge a special initial application fee of ten dollars
in addition to all other fees required by law. This special fee is to compensate
the Division of Motor Vehicles for additional costs and services required in the
issuing of the special registration and shall be collected by the division and
deposited in a special revolving fund to be used for the administration of this
section: Provided, That nothing in this section may be construed to
exempt any veteran from any other provision of this chapter.
(C) A surviving spouse may continue to use his or her deceased spouse's
honorably discharged veterans license plate until the surviving spouse dies,
remarries or does not renew the license plate.
(6) The division may issue disabled veterans special registration plates as
follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue to any disabled
veteran who is exempt from the payment of registration fees under the provisions
of this chapter a registration plate for a vehicle titled in the name of the
qualified applicant which bears the letters "DV" in red and also the
regular identification numerals in red.
(B) A surviving spouse may continue to use his or her deceased spouse's disabled
veterans license plate until the surviving spouse dies, remarries or does not
renew the license plate.
(C) A qualified disabled veteran may obtain a second disabled veteran license
plate as described in this section for use on a passenger vehicle titled in the
name of the qualified applicant. The division shall charge a one-time fee of ten
dollars to be deposited into a special revolving fund to be used in the
administration of this section, in addition to all other fees required by this
chapter, for the second plate.
(7) The division may issue recipients of the distinguished purple heart medal
special registration plates as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, there shall be issued to any armed service
person holding the distinguished purple heart medal for persons wounded in
combat a registration plate for a vehicle titled in the name of the qualified
applicant bearing letters or numbers. The registration plate shall be designed
by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and shall denote that those individuals
who are granted this special registration plate are recipients of the purple
heart. All letterings shall be in purple where practical.
(B) Registration plates issued pursuant to this subdivision are exempt from all
registration fees otherwise required by the provisions of this chapter.
(C) A surviving spouse may continue to use his or her deceased spouse's purple
heart medal license plate until the surviving spouse dies, remarries or does not
renew the license plate.
(D) A recipient of the purple heart medal may obtain a second purple heart medal
license plate as described in this section for use on a passenger vehicle titled
in the name of the qualified applicant. The division shall charge a one-time fee
of ten dollars to be deposited into a special revolving fund to be used in the
administration of this section, in addition to all other fees required by this
chapter, for the second plate.
(8) The division may issue survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor special
registration plates as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the owner of a motor vehicle who was enlisted
in any branch of the armed services that participated in and survived the attack
on Pearl Harbor on the seventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred
forty-one, the division shall issue a special registration plate for a vehicle
titled in the name of the qualified applicant. The registration plate shall be
designed by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
(B) Registration plates issued pursuant to this subdivision are exempt from the
payment of all registration fees otherwise required by the provisions of this
chapter.
(C) A surviving spouse may continue to use his or her deceased spouse's
survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor license plate until the surviving spouse
dies, remarries or does not renew the license plate.
(D) A survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor may obtain a second survivors of
the attack on Pearl Harbor license plate as described in this section for use on
a passenger vehicle titled in the name of the qualified applicant. The division
shall charge a one-time fee of ten dollars to be deposited into a special
revolving fund to be used in the administration of this section, in addition to
all other fees required by this chapter, for the second plate.
(9) The division may issue special registration plates to nonprofit charitable
and educational organizations authorized under prior enactment of this
subdivision as follows:
(A) Approved nonprofit charitable and educational organizations previously
authorized under the prior enactment of this subdivision may accept and collect
applications for special registration plates from owners of Class A motor
vehicles together with a special annual fee of fifteen dollars, which is in
addition to all other fees required by this chapter. The applications and fees
shall be submitted to the Division of Motor Vehicles with the request that the
division issue a registration plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers
with the organizations' logo or emblem, with the maximum number of letters or
numbers to be determined by the commissioner.
(B) The commissioner shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance
with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code
regarding the procedures for and approval of special registration plates issued
pursuant to this subdivision.
(C) The commissioner shall set an appropriate fee to defray the administrative
costs associated with designing and manufacturing special registration plates
for a nonprofit charitable or educational organization. The nonprofit charitable
or educational organization shall collect this fee and forward it to the
division for deposit in a special revolving fund to pay the administrative
costs. The nonprofit charitable or educational organization may also collect a
fee for marketing the special registration plates.
(D) The commissioner may not approve or authorize any additional nonprofit
charitable and educational organizations to design or market special
registration plates.
(10) The division may issue specified emergency or volunteer registration plates
as follows:
(A) Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of the state of West Virginia
and who is a certified paramedic or emergency medical technician, a member of a
paid fire department, a member of the State Fire Commission, the State Fire
Marshal, the State Fire Marshal's assistants, the state fire administrator and
voluntary rescue squad members may apply for a special license plate for any
number of Class A vehicles titled in the name of the qualified applicant which
bears the insignia of the profession, group or commission. Any insignia shall be
designed by the commissioner. License plates issued pursuant to this subdivision
shall bear the requested insignia in addition to the registration number issued
to the applicant pursuant to the provisions of this article.
(B) Each application submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be accompanied
by an affidavit signed by the fire chief or department head of the applicant
stating that the applicant is justified in having a registration with the
requested insignia; proof of compliance with all laws of this state regarding
registration and licensure of motor vehicles; and payment of all required fees.
(C) Each application submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be accompanied
by payment of a special initial application fee of ten dollars, which is in
addition to any other registration or license fee required by this chapter. All
special fees shall be collected by the division and deposited into a special
revolving fund to be used for the purpose of compensating the Division of Motor
Vehicles for additional costs and services required in the issuing of the
special registration and for the administration of this section.
(11) The division may issue specified certified firefighter registration plates
as follows:
(A) Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of the State of West Virginia
and who is a certified firefighter may apply for a special license plate which
bears the insignia of the profession, for any number of Class A vehicles titled
in the name of the qualified applicant. Any insignia shall be designed by the
commissioner. License plates issued pursuant to this subdivision shall bear the
requested insignia pursuant to the provisions of this article. Upon presentation
of written evidence of certification as a certified firefighter, certified
firefighters are eligible to purchase the special registration plate, issued
pursuant to this subdivision.
(B) Each application submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be accompanied
by an affidavit stating that the applicant is justified in having a registration
with the requested insignia; proof of compliance with all laws of this state
regarding registration and licensure of motor vehicles; and payment of all
required fees. The firefighter certification department, section or division of
the West Virginia University fire service extension shall notify the
commissioner in writing immediately when a firefighter loses his or her
certification. If a firefighter loses his or her certification, the commissioner
may not issue him or her a license plate under this subsection.
(C) Each application submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be accompanied
by payment of a special initial application fee of ten dollars, which is in
addition to any other registration or license fee required by this chapter. All
special fees shall be collected by the division and deposited into a special
revolving fund to be used for the purpose of compensating the Division of Motor
Vehicles for additional costs and services required in the issuing of the
special registration and for the administration of this section.
(12) The division may issue special scenic registration plates as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the commissioner shall issue a special
registration plate displaying a scenic design of West Virginia which displays
the words "Wild Wonderful" as a slogan.
(B) The division shall charge a special one-time initial application fee of ten
dollars in addition to all other fees required by this chapter. All initial
application fees collected by the division shall be deposited into a special
revolving fund to be used in the administration of this chapter.
(13) The division may issue honorably discharged marine corps league members
special registration plates as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue to any honorably
discharged marine corps league member a special registration plate for any
number of vehicles titled in the name of the qualified applicant with an
insignia designed by the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
(B) The division may charge a special one-time initial application fee of ten
dollars in addition to all other fees required by this chapter. This special fee
is to compensate the Division of Motor Vehicles for additional costs and
services required in the issuing of the special registration and shall be
collected by the division and deposited in a special revolving fund to be used
for the administration of this section: Provided, That nothing in this
section may be construed to exempt any veteran from any other provision of this
chapter.
(C) A surviving spouse may continue to use his or her deceased spouse's
honorably discharged marine corps league license plate until the surviving
spouse dies, remarries or does not renew the license plate.
(14) The division may issue military organization registration plates as
follows:
(A) The division may issue a special registration plate for the members of any
military organization chartered by the United States Congress upon receipt of a
guarantee from the organization of a minimum of one hundred applicants. The
insignia on the plate shall be designed by the commissioner.
(B) Upon appropriate application, the division may issue members of the
chartered organization in good standing, as determined by the governing body of
the chartered organization, a special registration plate for any number of
vehicles titled in the name of the qualified applicant.
(C) The division shall charge a special one-time initial application fee of ten
dollars for each special license plate in addition to all other fees required by
this chapter. All initial application fees collected by the division shall be
deposited into a special revolving fund to be used in the administration of this
chapter: Provided, That nothing in this section may be construed to
exempt any veteran from any other provision of this chapter.
(D) A surviving spouse may continue to use his or her deceased spouse's military
organization registration plate until the surviving spouse dies, remarries or
does not renew the special military organization registration plate.
(15) The division may issue special nongame wildlife registration plates and
special wildlife registration plates as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue a special
registration plate displaying a species of West Virginia wildlife which shall
display a species of wildlife native to West Virginia as prescribed and
designated by the Commissioner and the Director of the Division of Natural
Resources.
(B) The division shall charge an annual fee of fifteen dollars for each special
nongame wildlife registration plate and each special wildlife registration plate
in addition to all other fees required by this chapter. All annual fees
collected for nongame wildlife registration plates and wildlife registration
plates shall be deposited in a special revenue account designated the nongame
wildlife fund and credited to the Division of Natural Resources.
(C) The division shall charge a special one-time initial application fee of ten
dollars in addition to all other fees required by this chapter. All initial
application fees collected by the division shall be deposited in a special
revolving fund to be used in the administration of this chapter.
(16) The division may issue members of the silver haired legislature special
registration plates as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue to any person who is
a duly qualified member of the silver haired legislature a specialized
registration plate which bears recognition of the applicant as a member of the
silver haired legislature.
(B) A qualified member of the silver haired legislature may obtain one
registration plate described in this subdivision for use on a passenger vehicle
titled in the name of the qualified applicant. The division shall charge an
annual fee of fifteen dollars, in addition to all other fees required by this
chapter, for the plate. All annual fees collected by the division shall be
deposited in a special revolving fund to be used in the administration of this
chapter.
(17) Upon appropriate application, the commissioner shall issue to a classic
motor vehicle or classic motorcycle as defined in section three-a, article ten
of this chapter, a special registration plate designed by the commissioner. An
annual fee of fifteen dollars, in addition to all other fees required by this
chapter, shall be charged for each classic registration plate.
(18) Honorably discharged veterans may be issued special registration plates for
motorcycles subject to Class G registration as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, there shall be issued to any honorably
discharged veteran of any branch of the armed services of the United States a
special registration plate for any number of motorcycles subject to Class G
registration titled in the name of the qualified applicant with an insignia
designed by the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
(B) A special initial application fee of ten dollars shall be charged in
addition to all other fees required by law. This special fee is to compensate
the Division of Motor Vehicles for additional costs and services required in the
issuing of the special registration and shall be collected by the division and
deposited in a special revolving fund to be used for the administration of this
section: Provided, That nothing in this section may be construed to
exempt any veteran from any other provision of this chapter.
(C) A surviving spouse may continue to use his or her deceased spouse's
honorably discharged veterans license plate until the surviving spouse dies,
remarries or does not renew the license plate.
(19) Racing theme special registration plates:
(A) The division may issue a series of special registration plates displaying
national association for stock car auto racing themes.
(B) An annual fee of twenty-five dollars shall be charged for each special
racing theme registration plate in addition to all other fees required by this
chapter. All annual fees collected for each special racing theme registration
plate shall be deposited into a special revolving fund to be used in the
administration of this chapter.
(C) A special application fee of ten dollars shall be charged at the time of
initial application as well as upon application for any duplicate or replacement
registration plate, in addition to all other fees required by this chapter. All
application fees shall be deposited into a special revolving fund to be used in
the administration of this chapter.
(20) The division may issue recipients of the navy cross, distinguished service
cross, distinguished flying cross, air force cross, bronze star or silver star
special registration plates as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue to any recipient of
the navy cross, distinguished service cross, distinguished flying cross, air
force cross, silver star or bronze star, a registration plate for any number of
vehicles titled in the name of the qualified applicant bearing letters or
numbers. A separate registration plate shall be designed by the commissioner of
motor vehicles for each award that denotes that those individuals who are
granted this special registration plate are recipients of the navy cross,
distinguished service cross, distinguished flying cross, air force cross, silver
star or bronze star, as applicable.
(B) The division shall charge a special initial application fee of ten dollars
in addition to all other fees required by law. This special fee is to compensate
the Division of Motor Vehicles for additional costs and services required in the
issuing of the special registration and shall be collected by the division and
deposited in a special revolving fund to be used for the administration of this
section: Provided, That nothing in this section exempts the applicant for
a special registration plate under this subdivision from any other provision of
this chapter.
(C) A surviving spouse may continue to use his or her deceased spouse's navy
cross, distinguished service cross, distinguished flying cross, air force cross,
silver star or bronze star special registration plate until the surviving spouse
dies, remarries or does not renew the special registration plate.
(21) The division may issue honorably discharged veterans special registration
plates as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue to any honorably
discharged veteran of any branch of the Armed Services of the United States with
verifiable service during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the
Persian Gulf War or the War against Terrorism, a special registration plate for
any number of vehicles titled in the name of the qualified applicant with an
insignia designed by the commissioner denoting service in the applicable
conflict.
(B) The division shall charge a special one-time initial application fee of ten
dollars in addition to all other fees required by law. This special fee is to
compensate the Division of Motor Vehicles for additional costs and services
required in the issuing of the special registration and shall be collected by
the division and deposited in a special revolving fund to be used for the
administration of this section: Provided, That nothing contained in this
section may be construed to exempt any veteran from any other provision of this
chapter.
(C) A surviving spouse may continue to use his or her deceased spouse's
honorably discharged veterans registration plate until the surviving spouse
dies, remarries or does not renew the special registration plate.
(22) The division may issue special volunteer firefighter registration plates as
follows:
(A) Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of West Virginia and who is a
volunteer firefighter may apply for a special license plate for any Class A
vehicle titled in the name of the qualified applicant which bears the insignia
of the profession in white letters on a red background. The insignia shall be
designed by the commissioner and shall contain a fireman's helmet insignia on
the left side of the license plate.
(B) Each application submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be accompanied
by an affidavit signed by the applicant's fire chief, stating that the applicant
is a volunteer firefighter and justified in having a registration plate with the
requested insignia. The applicant must comply with all other laws of this state
regarding registration and licensure of motor vehicles and must pay all required
fees.
(C) Each application submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be accompanied
by payment of a special one-time initial application fee of ten dollars, which
is in addition to any other registration or license fee required by this
chapter. All application fees shall be deposited into a special revolving fund
to be used in the administration of this chapter.
(23) The division may issue special registration plates which reflect patriotic
themes, including the display of any United States symbol, icon, phrase or
expression, which evokes patriotic pride or recognition.
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue to an applicant a
registration plate of the applicant's choice, displaying a patriotic theme as
provided in this subdivision, for a vehicle titled in the name of the applicant.
A series of registration plates displaying patriotic themes shall be designed by
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for distribution to applicants.
(B) The division shall charge a special one-time initial application fee of ten
dollars in addition to all other fees required by law. This special fee is to
compensate the Division of Motor Vehicles for additional costs and services
required in the issuing of the special registration and shall be collected by
the division and deposited in a special revolving fund to be used for the
administration of this section.
(24) Special license plates bearing the American flag and the logo
"9/11/01".
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue special registration
plates which shall display the American flag and the logo "9/11/01".
(B) An annual fee of fifteen dollars shall be charged for each plate in addition
to all other fees required by this chapter.
(C) A special application fee of ten dollars shall be charged at the time of
initial application as well as upon application for any duplicate or replacement
registration plate, in addition to all other fees required by this chapter. All
application fees shall be deposited into a special revolving fund to be used in
the administration of this chapter.
(25) The division may issue a special registration plate celebrating the
centennial of the 4-H youth development movement and honoring the Future Farmers
of America organization as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division may issue a special registration
plate depicting the symbol of the 4-H organization which represents the head,
heart, hands and health as well as the symbol of the Future Farmers of America
organization which represents a cross section of an ear of corn for any number
of vehicles titled in the name of the qualified applicant.
(B) The division shall charge a special initial application fee of ten dollars
in addition to all other fees required by law. This special fee is to compensate
the Division of Motor Vehicles for additional costs and services required in the
issuing of the special registration and shall be collected by the division and
deposited in a special revolving fund to be used for the administration of this
section.
(C) The division shall charge an annual fee of fifteen dollars for each special
4-H Future Farmers of America registration plate in addition to all other fees
required by this chapter.
(26) The division may issue special registration plates to educators in the
state's elementary and secondary schools and in the state's institutions of
higher education as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division may issue a special registration
plate designed by the commissioner for any number of vehicles titled in the name
of the qualified applicant.
(B) The division shall charge a special initial application fee of ten dollars
in addition to all other fees required by law. This special fee is to compensate
the Division of Motor Vehicles for additional costs and services required in the
issuing of the special registration and shall be collected by the division and
deposited in a special revolving fund to be used for the administration of this
section.
(C) The division shall charge an annual fee of fifteen dollars for each special
educator registration plate in addition to all other fees required by this
chapter.
(27) The division may issue special registration plates to members of the
Nemesis Shrine as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division may issue a special registration
plate designed by the commissioner for any number of vehicles titled in the name
of the qualified applicant. Persons desiring the special registration plate
shall offer sufficient proof of membership in Nemesis Shrine.
(B) The division shall charge a special initial application fee of ten dollars
in addition to all other fees required by law. This special fee is to compensate
the Division of Motor Vehicles for additional costs and services required in the
issuing of the special registration and shall be collected by the division and
deposited in a special revolving fund to be used for the administration of this
section.
(C) An annual fee of fifteen dollars shall be charged for each plate in addition
to all other fees required by this chapter.
(D) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, the time
period for the Nemesis Shrine to comply with the minimum one hundred prepaid
applications is hereby extended to the fifteenth day of January, two thousand
five.
(28) The division may issue volunteers and employees of the American Red Cross
special registration plates as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue to any person who is
a duly qualified volunteer or employee of the American Red Cross a specialized
registration plate which bears recognition of the applicant as a volunteer or
employee of the American Red Cross for any number of vehicles titled in the name
of the qualified applicant.
(B) The division shall charge a special initial application fee of ten dollars
in addition to all other fees required by law. This special fee is to compensate
the Division of Motor Vehicles for additional costs and services required in the
issuing of the special registration and shall be collected by the division and
deposited in a special revolving fund to be used for the administration of this
section.
(C) An annual fee of fifteen dollars shall be charged for each plate in addition
to all other fees required by this chapter.
(29) The division shall issue special registration plates to individuals who
have received either the combat infantry badge or the combat medic badge as
follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue a special
registration plate designed by the commissioner for any number of vehicles
titled in the name of the qualified applicant. Persons desiring the special
registration plate shall offer sufficient proof that they have received either
the combat infantry badge or the combat medic badge.
(B) The division shall charge a special initial application fee of ten dollars
in addition to all other fees required by law. This special fee is to compensate
the Division of Motor Vehicles for additional costs and services required in the
issuing of the special registration and shall be collected by the division and
deposited in a special revolving fund to be used for the administration of this
section.
(30) The division may issue special registration plates to members of the
Knights of Columbus as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue a special
registration plate designed by the commissioner for any number of vehicles
titled in the name of the qualified applicant. Persons desiring the special
registration plate shall offer sufficient proof of membership in the Knights of
Columbus.
(B) The division shall charge a special initial application fee of ten dollars
in addition to all other fees required by law. This special fee is to compensate
the Division of Motor Vehicles for additional costs and services required in the
issuing of the special registration and shall be collected by the division and
deposited in a special revolving fund to be used for the administration of this
section.
(C) An annual fee of fifteen dollars shall be charged for each plate in addition
to all other fees required by this chapter.
(D) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, the time
period for the Knights of Columbus to comply with the minimum one hundred
prepaid applications is hereby extended to the fifteenth day of January, two
thousand five.
(31) The division may issue special registration plates to former members of the
Legislature as follows:
(A) Upon appropriate application, the division shall issue a special
registration plate designed by the commissioner for any number of vehicles
titled in the name of the qualified applicant. Persons desiring the special
registration plate shall offer sufficient proof of former service as an elected
or appointed member of the West Virginia House of Delegates or the West Virginia
Senate.
(B) The division shall charge a special initial application fee of ten dollars
in addition to all other fees required by law. This special fee is to compensate
the Division of Motor Vehicles for additional costs and services required in the
issuing of the special registration and shall be collected by the division and
deposited in a special revolving fund to be used for the administration of this
section. The design of the plate shall indicate total years of service in the
Legislature.
(C) An annual fee of fifteen dollars shall be charged for each plate in addition
to all other fees required by this chapter.
(32) Democratic state or county executive committee member special registration
plates:
(A) The division shall design and issue special registration plates for use by
democratic state or county executive committee members. The design of the plates
shall include an insignia of a donkey and shall differentiate by wording on the
plate between state and county executive committee members.
(B) An annual fee of twenty-five dollars shall be charged for each democratic
state or county executive committee member registration plate in addition to all
other fees required by this chapter. All annual fees collected for each special
plate issued under this subdivision shall be deposited into a special revolving
fund t