Committee Substitute
for
H. B. 4407
(By Delegates Ennis, Swartzmiller, Cann,
Pethtel, Williams, Stephens, Schadler,
Moye, Gall, Stalnaker and Varner)
[Originating in the Committee on Education.]
(February 14, 2008)
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-15-51, relating
to required equipment for school buses; and
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 the first day of July, two thousand nine, 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.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.