COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2856
(By Delegates Webster, Manuel, Amores,
Craig, Smirl, Givens and Hrutkay)
(Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary)
[March 23, 2001]
A BILL
to amend article fifteen, 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
fifty, relating to
prohibiting the sale, distribution or
installation of previously deployed air bags; and penalties
.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article fifteen, 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 fifty,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 15. EQUIPMENT.
§17C-15-50. Deployed restraint systems resale or reinstallation
prohibited.
A person who knowingly installs or reinstalls any object in
lieu of an air bag or anything other than a not previously deployed
air bag that was designed in accordance with federal safety
regulations for the make, model and year of vehicle, as part of a
vehicle inflatable restraint system, is guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one
thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the
county or regional jail not more than one year, or both fined and
imprisoned.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.