WEST virginia Legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2363

By Delegates cooper, Howell, Ambler, Rowan and Moye

[Introduced February 13, 2017; Referred
to the Committee on Roads and Transportation then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §17E-1-18 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to commercial driver’s license; and requiring that a state employee with a commercial driver’s license have a current medical evaluation certification and may not have a medical waiver.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §17E-1-18 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 1. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.

§17E-1-18. Rule-making authority.

The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provision provisions of this article:  Provided, That the commissioner shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code that require a state employee with a commercial driver’s license to have a current medical evaluation certification and that the state employee is not entitled to a medical waiver from this requirement.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that a state employee with a commercial driver’s license have a current medical evaluation certification and may not have a medical waiver.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.