Roads And Transportation
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Prohibiting parking fee for accessible parking space bearing international symbol of access [SB-255]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
Prohibiting parking fee for accessible parking space bearing international symbol of access
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Special Road Repair Fund [SB-232]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Special Road Repair Fund
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Permitting Commissioner of DOH to make money transfers within State Road Fund [SB-252]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Permitting Commissioner of DOH to make money transfers within State Road Fund
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Ending the toll road when the bond is paid off [HB-4638]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
The purpose of this bill is to end the tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike after the bonds have been paid off.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Establishing 80 miles per hour speed limit on interstate highways [SB-206]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing 80 miles per hour speed limit on interstate highways
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
To mandate that credit card payment be acceptable at toll booths [HB-4167]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow for credit card payments at toll booths.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Eliminating specific statutory restrictions on outdoor advertisement [HB-4395]
[Media and Advertising ]
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate specific statutory restrictions on outdoor advertisement.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
To remove the helmet law in West Virginia. [HB-4456]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to remove the helmet requirement from motorcycle safety equipment.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Requiring cooperation between the rail company and the Division of Highways when construction or maintenance activities are conducted by the company [HB-4519]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to make it clear that rail companies must cooperate with and receive permission from the Commissioner of the Division of Highways before they build or conduct repairs or otherwise preform maintenance on the railroad, tracks or crossings that close state roads. This is to ensure that the traveling public has needed access to emergency services, school, work and is not unnecessarily inconvenienced by road closures.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Exempt non-profits from certain road sign fees [HB-4397]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Nonprofit ]
The purpose of this bill is to exempt nonprofit organizations from paying fees for outdoor advertising.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Authorizing DOH pay current obligations from State Road Fund [SB-174]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
The purpose of this bill generally relates to payments from the State Road Fund. The bill authorizes transfer of spending authority between appropriations. Finally, the bill requires reporting by the Division of Highways.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Authorizing Division of Highways transfer of spending authority between appropriations [HB-4307]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow the Commissioner of the Division of Highways to utilize the spending authority of the State Road Fund to pay current obligations by moving spending authority within the fund for a fiscal year. This would also give the DOH the same or similar ability to transfer spending authority the other Special Revenue agencies have. When the agency forecasts what funding it will need two years out, the estimates for each appropriation line are never exact. DOH may predict it will need $1 million in maintenance but halfway
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
To eliminate the process of vehicle inspection in West Virginia [HB-4221]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to repeal the article creating mandatory state inspections of motor vehicles.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to reporting requirements under the Grant Transparency and Accountability Act [HB-4195]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that regardless of the source of funding, the funds required to match federal funds are not considered "state grants".
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to performance metrics for the West Virginia Division of Highways [HB-4224]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia Division of Highways to develop performance standards and criteria to measure agency performance in all essential operations and to require the division to employ a management information system that will track the division's past and current progress toward meeting performance standards.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Elimination of Statewide Contracts that are awarded to out of state vendors [HB-4458]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate statewide contracts that are awarded to out of state vendors.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
To create emergency stations at West Virginia rest areas. [HB-4435]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
The purpose of this bill is to install emergency alert stations at rest areas and welcome centers in this state. The bill provides for legislative findings. The bill provides for the Division of Highways to install "blue light" towers. Finally, the bill provides for an effective date.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Exempting school buses with students on board from paying turnpike tolls [HB-4493]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
The purpose of this bill is to exempt school buses with students on board from paying West Virginia Turnpike tolls.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Create camera assisted enforcement of speeding in active work zones [HB-4266]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish a program for camera assisted speed enforcement in active work zones in this state, to be implemented by the West Virginia Department of Transportation.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Prohibiting the transportation and incarceration of political prisoners in West Virginia [HB-3535]
[Human Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the transportation of political prisoners through or above West Virginia and the prohibit the incarceration of these political prisoners within the state.