WEST virginia Legislature

2019 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2207

[By Delegate Cooper]

[Introduced January 10, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary.]

 

A BILL to amend and reenact §17E-1-18 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to commercial driver’s license; and requiring that a state employee with a commercial driver’s license have a current medical evaluation certification and may not have a medical waiver.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 1. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.

§17E-1-18. Rule-making authority.

The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this article:  Provided, That the commissioner shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with §21A-3-1 et seq. of this code that require a state employee with a commercial driver’s license to have a current medical evaluation certification and that the state employee is not entitled to a medical waiver from this requirement.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that a state employee with a commercial driver’s license have a current medical evaluation certification and may not have a medical waiver.

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