H. B. 2108
(By Delegate Susman (By Request))
[Introduced February 14, 2001; referred to the
Committee Roads and Transportation then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article two, chapter twenty-four-a of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
six, relating to requiring commercial trucks to have the
corporate name prominently displayed on the truck.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter twenty-four-a 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, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. COMMON CARRIERS BY MOTOR VEHICLES.
§24A-2-6. Commercial trucks to bear company name.
All common carriers operating in this state shall prominently
display the company or corporate name of the common carrier on the
cab of any truck owned or leased by the common carrier as well as
on any trailer being pulled by a truck. Any owner of a common
carrier who fails to comply with this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined up to two
hundred dollars.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require commercial
trucks to prominently bear the company name of the commercial
carrier on the truck.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.