Senate Bill No. 524
(By Senators Humphreys and Yoder)
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[Introduced March 22, 1993; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend article fourteen, 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
six-a, relating to prohibiting anyone from riding
unrestrained in the back of an open vehicle; and providing
a misdemeanor penalty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article fourteen, 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
six-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 14. MISCELLANEOUS RULES.
§17C-14-6a. Transportation of unrestrained persons in the back
of open vehicles prohibited.
Any person riding unrestrained in the back of an open
vehicle is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall
be fined fifty dollars.
Any operator of a motor vehicle who permits any person to
ride unrestrained in the back of an open vehicle is guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined fifty dollars.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit persons from
riding unrestrained in the back of open vehicles. The bill
further makes a violation a misdemeanor subject to fine.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.