H. B. 4440
(By Delegate Barker (By Request))
[Introduced February 7, 2006; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then the
Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact
§17C-17-7
of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to allowing a passenger motor
vehicle or a light truck to tow two trailers on the roadways
of this state; and providing that the Commissioner of the
Division of Motor Vehicles propose legislative rules to
implement the towing provisions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That
§17C-17-7
of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 17. SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD.
§17C-17-7. Trailers and towed vehicles.
(a) When one vehicle is towing another the drawbar or other
connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed
thereby and said drawbar or other connection shall not exceed fifteen feet from one vehicle to the other except the connection
between any two vehicles transporting poles, pipe, machinery, or
other objects of structural nature which cannot readily be
dismembered.
(b) When one vehicle is towing another and the connection
consists of a chain, rope, or cable, there shall be displayed upon
such connection a white flag or cloth not less than twelve inches
square.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the
contrary, a passenger motor vehicle or light truck may tow two
trailers in tandem on the roadways of this state. The Commissioner
of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall propose rules for
legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article
three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the
provisions of this subsection.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow a passenger motor
vehicle or a light truck to pull two trailers in tandem on the
roadways of this state.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.