H. B. 4533


(By Delegates Stemple, Browning, Crosier,

Webster, Kominar, White, Perry, Argento, Varner,


Guthrie and Mahan)

[Introduced February 14, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then Finance.]


A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-16A-30, relating to exempting law-enforcement officers on official duty from paying tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-16A-30, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 16A. WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM AUTHORITY.
§17-16A-30. Law-enforcement officers on official duty exempt from paying tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike.
Any county, state or local law-enforcement officer who is on official duty in a marked or unmarked law-enforcement vehicle shall be exempt from the collection of any toll on the West Virginia Turnpike.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt law-enforcement officers who are on duty from paying any tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.