12100592D
HOUSE BILL NO. 304
Offered January 11, 2012
Prefiled January 10, 2012
A BILL to amend and reenact §46.2-214.3 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to Department of Motor Vehicles service charges.
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Patron-- Crockett-Stark
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §46.2-214.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended
and reenacted as follows:
§46.2-214.3. Service charge to be imposed and collected by
the Department; 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.
CA. 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.
DB. 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.
EC. In addition to the discount
authorized in subsection D B,
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.
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