Bill Text: WV HB4189 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibiting certain persons from operating state-owned vehicles
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-18 - To House Judiciary [HB4189 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2018-HB4189-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2018 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4189
By Delegates Howell, walters, hamrick, zatezalo, kelly, hollen, atkinson, kessinger, jennings, sypolt and anderson
[Introduced January
18, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5A-3-49a, relating to prohibiting certain persons from operating state-owned vehicles; and rulemaking.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 3. PURCHASING DIVISION.
5A-3-49a. Prohibiting certain persons from operating state-owned vehicles.
(a) No person may operate a vehicle owned or possessed by the State of West Virginia for five years following a conviction for an offense described in §17C-5-2 of this code or had a period of conditional probation imposed pursuant to §17C-5-2b of this code, or for an offense described in a municipal ordinance which has the same elements as an offense described in said sections.
(b) This prohibition remains in effect for five years notwithstanding the person’s possession of a valid license to operate a motor vehicle.
(c) The Secretary of Administration shall promulgate rules relating to the regular verification that persons who operate state-owned vehicles possess a valid driver’s license and are not prohibited by section (a) from the operation of a state-owned vehicle.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit persons from operating state-owned vehicles for five years, if they are convicted for an offense described in §17C-5-2 of this code or had a period of conditional probation imposed pursuant to §17C-5-2b of this code.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
