Senate Bill No. 77
(By Senators Wooton, Brackenrich, Whitlow, Holliday,
Grubb, Bailey and Anderson)
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[Introduced February 18, 1993; referred to the Committee
on Transportation; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
nineteen-a, relating to creating a system of commuter passes
for use on the West Virginia turnpike by residents with
certain motor vehicles; and limiting the cost of a commuter
pass to not more than three hundred dollars for a calendar
year.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article sixteen-a, chapter seventeen of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
nineteen-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 16A. WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
TOURISM AUTHORITY.
§17-16A-19a. Commuter passes.
The authority shall establish, advertise, implement and
otherwise make generally available to residents for theirnoncommercial automobiles, noncommercial pick-up trucks and vans
a system of commuter passes, in a form to be determined by the
authority: Provided, That the cost for a commuter pass shall not
exceed three hundred dollars for a full calendar year of
unlimited travel through the West Virginia turnpike toll road and
facilities.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make available to West
Virginia residents commuter passes for use on the West Virginia
turnpike which may not cost more than three hundred dollars for
a calendar year.
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This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
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