COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 259
(By Senator Whitlow)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported February 14, 1995.]
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A BILL to amend article fourteen, 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
thirteen-a, relating to authorizing police officers to enter
certain private lands to investigate automobile accidents.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article fourteen, 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
thirteen-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 14. MISCELLANEOUS RULES.
§17C-14-13a. Police officers authorized to conduct investigations on private property.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, nothing
may prohibit any duly authorized municipal police officers, county
deputy sheriffs or members of the department of public safety from
entering upon private lands in order to investigate a motor vehicle
accident when said private lands are open to the use of the public
at-large for any purpose.