Bill Text: WV SB631 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizing Commissioner of Highways designate road as "Historic Route"
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-27 - To Transportation and Infrastructure [SB631 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-SB631-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 631
By Senator Maynard
[Introduced January
27, 2020; referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-4-2a, relating to providing the Commissioner of the Division of Highways with the authority to designate a road as an “Historic Route”; and establishing rule-making authority.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 4. STATE ROAD SYSTEM.
§17-4-2a. Naming historic routes.
(a) As a part of its mission to preserve the historical significance of sites throughout the state, the Commissioner of Highways is authorized to undertake determinations as to whether any road that is a part of the United States Numbered Road System should be declared an “Historic Route”. The commissioner may propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code.
(b) Once a determination has been made to declare a road an “Historic Route”, the commissioner or his or her designee shall create and erect signs to educate those travelling the road of its historical significance.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide the Commissioner of Highways with the authority to designate a road an “Historic Route”; establishing rule-making authority; and creating and erecting signs.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
