WEST virginia legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 617

By Senators Maynard and Maroney

[Introduced March 15, 2017; Referred
to the Committee on Government Organization]

A BILL to amend and reenact §17-2A-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring that the State Road Commissioner make available online the state’s master road and highway map.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §17-2A-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2A. WEST VIRGINIA COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.

§17-2A-11. Road maps.

(a) The commissioner shall prepare and currently maintain a master road and highway map which will show: (a) All of the state roads and highways which have been located, created and classified as provided by law, (b) the mileage of each classification of roads and highways, and (c) the status of improvement and, insofar as practicable, the travel condition thereof. The commissioner may make economical reproductions of such map from time to time for official use and public information purposes.

(b) The commissioner shall reproduce the master road and highway map in digital form and make it available online to the general public. In addition to the information required in subsection (a) of this section, the map shall also indicate whether public roads are:

(1) Unpaved and unimproved;

(2) Unpaved and improved;

(3) Unlined and paved; or

(4) Lined and paved.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that the State Road Commissioner make available online the state’s master road and highway map.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.