Bill Text: WV HB2570 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Pothole app and map
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-17 - To House Technology and Infrastructure [HB2570 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2021-HB2570-Introduced.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2021 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2570
By Delegate Williams
[Introduced February 17, 2021; Referred to the Committee on Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-2A-8e, relating to requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop an app and a map that permits individuals to report, and keep track of, potholes on the roads and streets of the state.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2A. WEST VIRGINIA COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
§17-2A-8e. Pothole app and map.
(a) The commissioner shall develop and make available a free pothole app for phones and tablets so that individuals may report, and keep track of, potholes on the roads and streets of the state. In addition to being available on the app, the commissioner shall also prepare and keep current a master road and highway map available on the Internet identifying the location of all reported potholes. The app and the map shall also show the status of any improvement to those potholes and the condition of the potholes as they affect highway travel.
(b) The app and the map shall be made available no later than December 1, 2021.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Highways to develop an app and a map that permits individuals to report, and keep track of, potholes on the roads and streets of the state.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
