Bill Text: VA HB1846 | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Motor Vehicles, Department of; service charges for in-person transactions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-05 - Left in Transportation [HB1846 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB1846-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§46.2-214.3 and 46.2-332 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§46.2-214.3. Discount for multiyear registration.
A. In addition to any other
fee imposed and collected by the Department, the Department shall impose and
collect a service charge upon each person who carries out the registration
renewal of a vehicle in any of the Department's Customer Service Centers if
such registration can be conducted (i) by mail or telephone or by using an
electronic medium using a format prescribed by the Commissioner, or (ii)
through an agent of the Department that has entered into an agreement with the
Department to perform certain services as described in subsection B of §
46.2-205. The service charge shall not apply (a) if concurrently with the
registration of the vehicle, the person undertakes another transaction at a
Customer Service Center, which other transaction cannot be conducted through a
means described in clause (i) or (ii), (b) to the registration of any vehicle
for which no registration fee is otherwise required by law, or (c) to any
registration conducted by a motor vehicle dealer subject to the provisions of §
46.2-1530.2.
B. The service charge
shall equal $5 per vehicle registration renewal that is carried out in any
Customer Service Center of the Department. The Department shall include
information regarding such service charge in all vehicle registration renewal
notices sent to vehicle owners.
C. All service charges
imposed and collected by the Commissioner under this section shall be paid into
the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet
the expenses of the Department.
D.
Pursuant to subsection C of §46.2-646, for each motor vehicle, trailer, or
semitrailer registered, the Commissioner may offer, at his discretion, a
discount for multiyear registrations of such vehicles. The discount shall be
equal to $1 for each year of the multiyear registration or fraction thereof.
The discount shall not be applicable to any motor vehicle, trailer, or
semitrailer registered (i) under the International Registration Plan or (ii) as
an uninsured motor vehicle. When this option is offered and chosen by the
registrant, all annual and 12-month fees due at the time of registration shall
be multiplied by the number of years or fraction thereof that the vehicle will
be registered.
E. B. In addition to the discount
authorized in subsection D A, for the renewal of
registration of each motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer pursuant to §
46.2-646, the Commissioner shall offer a discount for renewal when such
registration renewal is conducted using the Internet. The discount shall be
equal to $1. The discount shall not apply to any motor vehicle, trailer, or
semitrailer registered (i) under the International Registration Plan or (ii) as
an uninsured motor vehicle.
§46.2-332. Fees.
On and after January 1,
1990, the The fee
for each driver's license other than a commercial driver's license shall be
$2.40 per year. If the license is a commercial driver's license or seasonal
restricted commercial driver's license, the fee shall be $6 per year. Persons
21 years old or older may be issued a scenic driver's license, learner's
permit, or commercial driver's license for an additional fee of $5. For any one
or more driver's license endorsements or classifications, except a motorcycle
classification, there shall be an additional fee of $1 per year; for a
motorcycle classification, there shall be an additional fee of $2 per year. For
any and all driver's license classifications, there shall be an additional fee
of $1 per year. For any revalidation of a seasonal restricted commercial
driver's license, the fee shall be $5. A fee of $10 shall be charged to extend
the validity period of a driver's license pursuant to subsection B of §
46.2-221.2.
In addition to any other
fee imposed and collected by the Department, the Department shall impose and
collect a service charge of $5 upon each person who carries out the renewal of
a driver's license or special identification card in any of the Department's
Customer Service Centers if such renewal can be conducted by mail or telephone
or by using an electronic medium in a format prescribed by the Commissioner.
Such service charge shall not apply if, concurrently with the renewal of the
driver's license or special identification card, the person undertakes another
transaction at a Customer Service Center that cannot be conducted by mail or
telephone or by using an electronic medium in a format prescribed by the
Commissioner. Such service charge shall be paid by the Commissioner into the
state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the
expenses of the Department.
A reexamination fee of $2 shall be charged for each administration of the knowledge portion of the driver's license examination taken by an applicant who is 18 years of age or older if taken more than once within a 15-day period. The reexamination fee shall be charged each time the examination is administered until the applicant successfully completes the examination, if taken prior to the fifteenth day.
An applicant who is less than 18 years of age who does not successfully complete the knowledge portion of the driver's license examination shall not be permitted to take the knowledge portion more than once in 15 days.
A fee of $50 shall be charged each time an applicant for a commercial driver's license fails to keep a scheduled skills test appointment, unless such applicant cancels his appointment with the assigned driver's license examiner at least 24 hours in advance of the scheduled appointment. The Commissioner may, on a case-by-case basis, waive such fee for good cause shown. All such fees shall be paid by the Commissioner into the state treasury and set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the necessary expenses incurred by the Department.
If the applicant for a driver's license is an employee of the Commonwealth, or of any county, city, or town who drives a motorcycle or a commercial motor vehicle solely in the line of his duty, he shall be exempt from the additional fee otherwise assessable for a motorcycle classification or a commercial motor vehicle endorsement. The Commissioner may prescribe the forms as may be requisite for completion by persons claiming exemption from additional fees imposed by this section.
No additional fee above $2.40 per year shall be assessed for the driver's license or commercial driver's license required for the operation of a school bus.
Excluding the $2 reexamination fee, $1.50 of all fees collected for each original or renewal driver's license shall be paid into the driver education fund of the state treasury and expended as provided by law. Unexpended funds from the driver education fund shall be retained in the fund and be available for expenditure in ensuing years as provided therein.
All fees for motorcycle classifications shall be distributed as provided in §46.2-1191.
This section shall
supersede conflicting provisions of this chapter.
