HB4304 S JUDICIARY AMT

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    The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

    Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 4304--A Bill to amend and reenact §17C-7-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §17C-11-5 and §17C-11-7 of said code, all relating to use of a bicycle on a roadway; setting standards for overtaking a bicycle on a roadway; creating a misdemeanor offense for failure to follow requirements for overtaking a bicycle on a roadway; requiring bicycles to generally ride in bicycle lanes or as close as practicable to the right edge of the roadway; providing exceptions to the requirement that bicycles ride in bicycle lanes or as close as practicable to the right edge of the roadway; removing requirement to ride a bicycle on an adjacent path; and allowing a person to operate a bicycle without a bell or other device capable of giving an audible signal.

Adopted

Rejected