H. B. 2849
(By Delegates Ennis, Schadler, Swartzmiller,
Williams, Pethtel, Evans, Varner, Moye,
M. Poling and Paxton)
[Introduced February 26, 2009; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-15-51,
relating to requiring automatic tire chains as standard
equipment on all new school buses.
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 §17C-15-51,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 15. EQUIPMENT.
§17C-15-51. Chains required on school buses.
Beginning July 1, 2010, all new school buses that are
purchased for use for the transportation of public school
children in this state, whether owned and operated by a county
board of education or privately owned and operated under contract
with a county board of education, shall be equipped with
automatic chains for use on the bus tires during inclement
weather when road conditions require their use.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require automatic tire
chains as standard equipment on all new school buses.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.