COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2311
(By Delegates Boggs, Leach, Staton and Warner)
(Originating in the Committee on Finance)
[March 2, 1999]
A BILL to amend article two, chapter seventeen-b of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
nine-a, relating to exempting certain railroad employees
from the duty to produce a driver's license while operating
a train.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter seventeen-b of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
nine-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE, EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL.
§17B-2-9a. Exemptions of certain railroad workers.
Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary,
in any circumstance involving an accident or alleged violation of
law in which the engineer or any other crew member of any train
is detained by any law enforcement officer, the engineer and all crew members shall not be required to furnish a motor vehicle
license issued by the division of motor vehicles: Provided, That
the engineer and all crew members shall be required to produce
photo identification issued by the railroad employer or any other
state or federal authority other than the division of motor
vehicles upon request of any law enforcement officer during the
course of investigating an accident or alleged violation of law
involving the operation of a train.
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