H. B. 4647


(By Delegates Angotti, Perdue, Ross,

Yeager, Thompson, Stemple and Hubbard)

[Introduced February 24, 2000; referred to the

Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance.]




A BILL to amend article four, chapter twenty 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 requiring the department of agriculture to provide warning signs upon request by a horseman.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article four, chapter twenty 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 4. EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES RESPONSIBILITY ACT.
§20-4-6a. Requiring the department of agriculture furnish equestrian activities warning signs to horsemen, upon request.

Upon request, the department of agriculture shall provide signs to horsemen which set forth a warning that equestrian activities are inherently hazardous, and briefly summarizing or referring to the duties of participants, as set forth in section four of this article. The signs shall be designed and constructed so as to be sturdy enough and large enough to be displayed at the horsemen's barn, stable, horse show, exhibition or other place of equestrian business.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that the department of agriculture furnish warning signs for display by horsemen.

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