H. B. 4734
(By Delegate Miley)
[Introduced February 23, 2006; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-4-17, relating
to traffic accidents involving a motor carrier regulated by
the Public Service Commission.
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 §17C-4-17, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 4. ACCIDENTS.
§17C-4-17. Accidents involving a motor carrier regulated by the
Public Service Commission.
In the case of a traffic accident involving a motor carrier
regulated by the Public Service Commission and in which an
individual suffers severe bodily injury or death, a Public Service
Commission investigator must be summoned to the scene of the
accident and, if no Public Service Commission investigator is available, all vehicles involved in the accident must be impounded
by the law-enforcement agency investigating the accident until such
time a Public Service Commission investigator can investigate and
examine the vehicles involved in the accident.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for a PSC
investigator for traffic accidents involving a motor carrier
regulated by the Public Service Commission (PSC) and in which an
individual suffers severe bodily injury or death.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.