H. B. 4574
(By Delegate Louisos)
[Introduced February 21, 2002; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article six, 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
ten, relating to requiring all law-enforcement vehicles used
for monitoring, stopping and/or citing drivers for traveling
at an excessive rate of speed to be readily identifiable as
a law-enforcement vehicle.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six, 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 ten, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. SPEED RESTRICTIONS.
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17C-6-10. Law-enforcement vehicles used for speed control be
readily identifiable.
The Legislature finds that a readily identifiable
law-enforcement vehicle parked on a state highway reduces vehicles
from traveling at an excessive rate of speed and ultimately reduces
accidents. Therefore, a readily identifiable law-enforcement
vehicle by its mere presence slows the speed of traffic.
It shall be unlawful for any unmarked law-enforcement vehicle
to monitor, stop and/or cite any person for driving at an excessive
rate of speed, unless the law-enforcement vehicle is readily
identifiable as a law-enforcement vehicle.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that all
law-enforcement vehicles monitoring, stopping and/or citing drivers
for traveling at an excessive rate of speed be readily identifiable
as a law-enforcement vehicle.
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17C-6-10
is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring
have been omitted.