H. B. 4628


(By Delegates Stephens, Barker and Eldridge)
[Introduced February 17, 2006; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation the Finance.]




A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-16A-13a , relating to exempting motor vehicles in funeral processions from the requirement to pay tolls on parkway projects; and providing that the exemption only applies when a motor vehicle clearly displays a flag, emblem or other visible designation indicating it is part of a funeral procession.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-16A-13a
, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 16A. WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM AUTHORITY.

§17-16A-13a. Funeral processions exempt from the collection of tolls.

Funeral processions are exempt from the collection of any toll on any parkway project: Provided, That this exemption applies only to motor vehicles clearly displaying flags, emblems or other visible designation
indicating the motor vehicles are part of the funeral procession.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt motor vehicles in funeral processions from the requirement to pay tolls on parkway projects, while providing that the exemption only applies when a motor vehicle clearly displays a flag, emblem or other visible designation indicating it is part of a funeral procession.


§17-16A-13a is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.