Bill Text: WV HB2996 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring motor carrier vehicle transporting solid waste to be equipped and operated with truck tarpaulins
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-14 - To House Roads and Transportation [HB2996 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2017-HB2996-Introduced.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2017 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2996
By Delegate Shott
[ Introduced March 14, 2017;
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 §24A-2-4c, relating to requiring motor carrier vehicle transporting solid waste to be equipped and operated with truck tarpaulins; and establishing criminal penalties.
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 §24A-2-4c, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. COMMON CARRIERS BY MOTOR VEHICLES.
§24A-2-4c. Motor carriers transporting solid waste; tarp requirements; penalties.
(a) Any motor carrier vehicle with open or open topped beds engaged in transporting solid waste in this state pursuant to authority granted under section five, article two, chapter twenty-four-a of this code shall be equipped and operated with truck tarpaulins.
(b) Any operator-driver of a solid waste motor carrier vehicle who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require truck tarpaulins on all motor carrier vehicles transporting solid waste. The bill creates a misdemeanor penalty.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
