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ENROLLED

Senate Bill No. 272
)(By Senators Ross, Redd, Caldwell, Kessler, Love, Oliverio, Rowe, Facemyer and McKenzie
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[Passed April 13, 2001; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN to amend and reenact section sixty-four, article one, chapter seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to excluding certain vehicles carrying children to medical and dental facilities from the definition of "passenger van".

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section sixty-four, article one, chapter seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED.

§17C-1-64. Passenger van.

"Passenger van" means any van or other motor vehicle owned by any agency, business or other legal entity and operated for the purpose of transportation of children under the age of eighteen years, other than a van utilized for private use, taxicab, bus or school bus. Passenger vans include, but are not limited to, vehicles used by day-care centers, after-school centers and nursery schools: Provided: That the term "passenger van" does not include any van or other motor vehicle which is utilized for the specific purpose of transporting children to medical facilities for the purpose of medical or dental treatment and which loads and unloads the children on private property, making no stops for loading or unloading along public roads or highways.