H. B. 2107
(By Delegate Love)
[Introduced January 20, 1995; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation.]
A BILL to amend article fifteen, chapter seventeen-c of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
fifty, relating to requiring splashguards on vehicles having
a weight capacity of five thousand pounds or more.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article fifteen, chapter seventeen-c of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
fifty, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 15. EQUIPMENT.
§17C-15-50. Splashguards.
All vehicles having a weight capacity of five thousand
pounds or more shall be equipped with rear mudguards or fenders
of such size as to substantially prevent the throwing of dirt,
water, rocks or other substances by the rear wheels.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that vehicles
having a weight capacity of five thousand pounds or more shall be
equipped with rear mudguards or fenders of such size as to
substantially prevent the throwing of dirt, water, rocks or other
substances by the rear wheels.
§17C-15-50 is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.