WEST virginia legislature
2023 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
House Bill 2992
By Delegate Toney
[Originating in the Committee on Education, February 25, 2023]
A BILL to amend and reenact §17C-1-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to clarifying and updating school bus rules and the types of vehicles covered in this statute.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
"School bus" means every motor vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school under contract with any county board of education.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to clarify and update the definition of a school bus.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.