H. B. 4641
(By Delegate Miley)
[Introduced February 18, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then the
Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-4-17, relating
to traffic accidents involving a motor carrier regulated by
the Public Service Commission.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-4-17, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 4. ACCIDENTS.
§17C-4-17. Accidents involving a motor carrier regulated by the
Public Service Commission.
In the case of a traffic accident involving a motor carrier
regulated by the Public Service Commission and in which an
individual suffers severe bodily injury or death, a Public Service
Commission investigator must be summoned to the scene of the accident and, if no Public Service Commission investigator is
available, all vehicles involved in the accident must be impounded
by the law-enforcement agency investigating the accident until such
time a Public Service Commission investigator can investigate and
examine the vehicles involved in the accident.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for a Public
Service Commission investigator for traffic accidents involving a
motor carrier regulated by the Public Service Commission and in
which an individual suffers severe bodily injury or death.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.