Bill Text: WV HB4639 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempting county school buses from paying the toll fees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-11 - To House Education [HB4639 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2024-HB4639-Introduced.html
FISCAL NOTE
2024 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4639
By Delegate Young
[Introduced January 11, 2024; Referred
to the Committee on Education then Finance]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-16A-31, relating to exempting school buses from paying toll fees.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 16A. WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS AUTHORITY.
§17-16A-31. County school buses exempt from payment of tolls.
County school buses shall be exempt from the payment of toll road fees in the course of their regular use within a school system. Regular use is defined as transporting students to and from a school, transporting students to school-related events – such as field trips, after school events, and sporting events – and when the driver drives the bus for maintenance.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt school buses from having to pay toll fees.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
