HB 4440 Text

H. B. 4440

(By Delegate Barker (By Request))
[Introduced February 7, 2006; referred to the

Committee on Roads and Transportation then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §17C-17-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing a passenger motor vehicle or a light truck to tow two trailers on the roadways of this state; and providing that the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles propose legislative rules to implement the towing provisions.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §17C-17-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 17. SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD.

§17C-17-7. Trailers and towed vehicles.

(a) When one vehicle is towing another the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed thereby and said drawbar or other connection shall not exceed fifteen feet from one vehicle to the other except the connection between any two vehicles transporting poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of structural nature which cannot readily be dismembered.
(b) When one vehicle is towing another and the connection consists of a chain, rope, or cable, there shall be displayed upon such connection a white flag or cloth not less than twelve inches square.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, a passenger motor vehicle or light truck may tow two trailers in tandem on the roadways of this state. The Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the provisions of this subsection.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow a passenger motor vehicle or a light truck to pull two trailers in tandem on the roadways of this state.

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

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