WEST virginia Legislature

2016 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 659

By Senators Stollings (By Request), Prezioso, Yost and Miller

[Introduced February 20, 2016;
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-4-17, relating to requiring any driver involved in a vehicle accident that results in a death of any person to be drug tested; providing a definition; and providing that the section be known as Livy’s Law.

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-4-17, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 4. ACCIDENTS.

§17C-4-17. Crashes involving death; drug testing; Livy=s Law.

(a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a crash resulting in death of any person shall be tested for drugs or other controlled substances by a law-enforcement officer.

(b) For the purposes of this section the term “law-enforcement officer” has the same meaning as that term is defined in section four, article five of this chapter.

(c) This section may be known and cited as ALivy's Law.@

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require any driver involved in a vehicle accident that results in a death of any person to be drug tested. The bill provides a definition. The bill provides that the section be known as “Livy’s Law.”

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.