H. B. 4757
(By Delegate Wills)
[Introduced February 25, 2000; referred to the
Committee on Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section thirty-four, article one,
chapter seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to providing for
automatic adoption of laws by municipalities of the traffic
regulations and laws of the road applicable in chapter
seventeen-c of said code; and authorizing the municipalities
to add to or delete from these laws according to the local
needs.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section thirty-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-1-34. Local authorities.
"Local authorities" means every county, municipal and other
local board or body having authority to enact laws relating to
traffic under the constitution and laws of this state.
The traffic regulations and laws of the road contained in this
article, as amended from time to time by the Legislature, are
automatically a part of municipal codes. Any municipality may add
to these laws or delete from them according to the local needs.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that the traffic
regulations and laws of the road applicable in chapter seventeen-c
of the code are automatically part of municipal codes. It
authorizes the municipalities to add to or delete from these laws
according to the local needs.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.