WEST virginia legislature

2021 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 3230

By Delegate Pethtel

[Introduced March 16, 2021; Referred to the Committee on Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization]

A BILL to amend and reenact §17C-14-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to prohibiting dangerous materials being placed on highways.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 14. MISCELLANEOUS RULES.

§17C-14-11. Putting glass, etc., on highway.

(a) No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, yard waste, or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle upon such highway.

(b) Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.

(c) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to expand the types of dangerous materials prohibited to be placed on highways to include yard waste.

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