Senate Bill No. 260
(By Senator Mitchell)
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[Introduced January 21, 2002; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend article nine, 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 seven, relating to motor vehicles generally; and
providing an additional penalty for right-of-way violations
in which the violator is found to have caused injury to
another person.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article nine, 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
seven, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. RIGHT-OF-WAY.
§17C-9-7. Additional penalty if violation results in injury.
Any person convicted of a violation under the provisions of
this article in which the driver is found to have caused injury
to another person, shall in addition to the penalties provided
for the violation, be fined two hundred dollars and his or her
license to operate a motor vehicle in this state shall be
suspended for thirty days.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
provide an additional
penalty for right-of-way violations in which the violator is
found to have caused injury to another person
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This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.