Senate Bill No. 3
(By Senators Bailey and Dittmar)
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[Introduced January 11, 1995; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section four-b, article three,
chapter seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
providing a minimum fine of one hundred dollars for traffic
violations in construction zones or areas.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four-b, article three, 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 3. TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS.
§17C-3-4b. Traffic violations in construction zones posting
requirem
ent; criminal
penaltie
s.
(a) At each and every location where street or highway
construction work is to be conducted a sign shall be posted at
least one thousand feet from the construction site, or as close
to one thousand feet from the construction site as is practicable
given the location of the site when workers are present,
notifying all motorists as to the speed limit and displaying the
words "construction work".
(b) Any person who violates any posted speed restriction or
traffic restriction at such construction site referred to in
subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or incarcerated in a
county or regional jail not more than twenty days, or both.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude
prosecution of any operator of a motor vehicle who commits a
violation of any other provision of this code for such violation.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for a minimum fine of $100.00 for traffic violations in construction areas.)