ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 272
)(By Senators Ross, Redd, Caldwell, Kessler, Love, Oliverio, Rowe, Facemyer
and McKenzie
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[Passed April 13, 2001; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN to amend and reenact section sixty-four, article one, chapter
seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to excluding certain
vehicles carrying children to medical and dental facilities
from the definition of "passenger van".
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section sixty-four, article one, chapter seventeen-c of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED.
§17C-1-64. Passenger van.
"Passenger van" means any van or other motor vehicle owned by
any agency, business or other legal entity and operated for the purpose of transportation of children under the age of eighteen
years, other than a van utilized for private use, taxicab, bus or
school bus. Passenger vans include, but are not limited to,
vehicles used by day-care centers, after-school centers and nursery
schools:
Provided: That the term "passenger van" does not include
any
van or other motor vehicle
which is utilized for the specific
purpose of transporting children to medical facilities for the
purpose of medical or dental treatment and which loads and unloads
the children on private property, making no stops for loading or
unloading along public roads or highways.
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