H. B. 2856

(By Delegates Webster, Manuel, Amores,
Craig, Smirl, Givens and Hrutkay)
[Introduced March 14, 2001; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend article fifteen, chapter seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section fifty, relating to prohibiting the sale, distribution or installation of previously deployed air bags; and penalties .

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article fifteen, chapter seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section fifty, to read as follows:

§17C-15-50. Deployed restraint systems resale or reinstallation prohibited.

A person who knowingly installs or reinstalls any object in lieu of an air bag that was designed in accordance with federal safety regulations for the make, model and year of vehicle, as part of a vehicle inflatable restraint system, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the county or regional jail not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the sale, distribution or installation of previously deployed air bags.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.