H. B. 2058


(By Delegate Kiss)
[Introduced February 10, 1993; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation.]




A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article fifteen, chapter seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to motor vehicles and prohibiting any person from operating a motor vehicle on state roadways if the motor vehicle is equipped with more halogen head lamps than are supplied as original equipment by the motor vehicle manufacturer.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article fifteen, chapter seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 15. EQUIPMENT.

§17C-15-4. Head lamps on motor vehicles.

(a) Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, motor- driven cycle or moped shall be equipped with at least two head lamps with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which head lamps shall comply with the requirements andlimitations set forth in this article.
(b) Every motorcycle, motor-driven cycle and moped shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two head lamps which shall comply with the requirements and limitations of this article.
(c) Every head lamp upon every motor vehicle, including every motorcycle, motor-driven cycle and moped, shall be located at a height measured from the center of the head lamp of not more than fifty-four inches nor less than twenty-four inches to be measured as set forth in section three of this article.
(d) A person may not operate a motor vehicle on any roadway of this state if the motor vehicle is equipped with more halogen head lamps than are supplied as original equipment by the motor vehicle manufacturer.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a person from operating a motor vehicle on state roadways if the motor vehicle is equipped with more halogen head lamps than are supplied as original equipment by the motor vehicle manufacturer.

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