WEST virginia legislature

2025 regular session

Enrolled

Senate Bill 942

By Senators Rose, Queen, Azinger, Charnock, Fuller, Hart, Helton, Jeffries, Phillips, and Taylor

[Passed April 12, 2025; in effect from passage]

AN ACT to amend and reenact §22A-2A-101 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; relating to modifying the requirements for the use and movement of diesel-powered equipment used in mines.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2A. USE OF DIESEL-POWERED EQUIPMENT IN UNDERGROUND COAL MINES.

§22A-2A-101. Use of diesel-powered equipment authorized.

Diesel-powered equipment for use in underground coal mines may only be approved, operated, and maintained in accordance with rules, requirements, and standards established pursuant to this article: Provided, That diesel-powered equipment may be moved from one mine, either in or out of the state, to another mine in the state and operated immediately, so long as the equipment is in compliance with the provisions of this article and the director is notified before the equipment is put in service.

The Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates hereby certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.

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Clerk of the Senate

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Clerk of the House of Delegates

Originated in the Senate.

In effect from passage.

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President of the Senate

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Speaker of the House of Delegates

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Governor