WEST virginia Legislature
2017 regular session
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to the Committee on Roads and Transportation then Finance.
A BILL to amend the Code
of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated
§17-4-32, relating to requiring that patching repair of hard surfaced roads,
highways and streets be by use of mechanical rollers for smoother final repair;
and providing an exception.
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 section,
designated §17-4-32, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4.
STATE ROAD SYSTEM.
§17-4-32. Approved types of patching repairs;
exceptions.
Notwithstanding any
other provision of this code to the contrary, when it is necessary to repair
any hard surfaced road, highway or street by patching, the Commissioner of
Highways, county commission, municipality or other local government authority
responsible for the repairs and patching of hard surfaced roads, highways or
streets shall require the use of a mechanical roller on those repairs, unless
an emergency situation necessitates patching by a different method.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that
would be added.