WEST virginia legislature

2021 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 453

By Senators Maynard and Rucker

[Introduced February 25, 2021; referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; and then to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-2A-11a, relating to creating an inventory and mapping system of all roads in state forests, state parks, national forests, and national parks.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2A. WEST VIRGINIA COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.

§17-2A-11a. Inventory and mapping of all roads in state forests, state parks, national forests and national parks.

(a) The Division of Highways, before July 1, 2022, shall map and make available to the public a comprehensive inventory of forest roads that are state roads.

(b) The inventory shall meet both of the following requirements:

(1) Identify the location, condition, and surface type of road in the state forests, state parks, national forests and national parks; and

(2) Determine types of motorized and nonmotorized use currently restricted on each park and forest road segment and the seasons during which those uses are currently restricted.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create an inventory and mapping system of all roads in state forests, state parks, national forests and national parks.

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