Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules, the official text

WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

         2026 REGULAR SESSION

                     Enrolled
            Committee Substitute

                         for

           Senate Bill 309

                           BY SENATOR RUCKER
       [Passed February 20, 2026; in effect from passage]
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1 AN ACT to amend and reenact §64-8-1 et seq. of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,

2  relating to authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Transportation to promulgate

3  legislative rules; authorizing the rules as filed and as modified by the Legislative Rule-

4  Making Review Committee; authorizing the Division of Motor Vehicles to promulgate a

5  legislative rule relating to motor vehicle equipment; authorizing the Division of Motor

6  Vehicles to promulgate a legislative rule relating to compulsory motor vehicle liability

7  insurance; and authorizing the Division of Motor Vehicles to promulgate a legislative rule

8  relating to special purpose vehicles.

   Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

   ARTICLE 8. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO

   PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

   §64-8-1. Division of Motor Vehicles.

1  (a) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 24, 2025, authorized under the

2 authority of §17A-2-9 of this code, relating to the Division of Motor Vehicles (motor vehicle

3 equipment, 91 CSR 11), is authorized.

4  (b) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 24, 2025, authorized under the

5 authority of §17A-2A-8 of this code, modified by the Division of Motor Vehicles to meet the

6 objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on

7 September 22, 2025, relating to the Division of Motor Vehicles (compulsory motor vehicle liability

8 insurance, 91 CSR 13), is authorized.

9  (c) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on June 23, 2025, authorized under the

10 authority of §17A-13-1 of this code, relating to the Division of Motor Vehicles (special purpose

11 vehicles, 91 CSR 25), is authorized.

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              The Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates hereby

         certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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                       Clerk of the Senate
                           ...............................................................
                               Clerk of the House of Delegates

         Originated in the Senate.
         In effect from passage.

                                       ...............................................................
                                                 President of the Senate
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                                                              Speaker of the House of Delegates
                                                        __________

              The within is ................................................ this the...........................................
         Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2026.

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                                                                                         Governor

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