H. B. 4407
(By Delegates Ennis, Swartzmiller, Cann,
Pethtel, Williams, Stephens, Schadler,
Moye, Gall, Stalnaker and Varner)
[Introduced February 4, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Education.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-15-51, relating
to required equipment for school buses.
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-15-51, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 15. EQUIPMENT.
§17C-15-51. Chains required on school buses.
Beginning the first day of July, two thousand nine, all new
school buses that are purchased for use for the transportation of
school children in this state, whether owned and operated by a
county board of education or privately owned and operated under
contract with a county board of education, shall be equipped with
automatic chains for use on the bus tires during inclement weather
when road conditions require their use.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require automatic tire
chains as standard equipment on all new school buses.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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