The Committee on Roads and Transportation met today and discussed three bills and four resolutions.
HB 2415 would create a special motor vehicle collector license plate. The bill defines a collector motor vehicle and sets requirements to be met to qualify for the special license plates. will be reported to floor with the recommendation that they do pass, but first be referred to the finance committee.
HB 2831 would reconstitute the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board to require that one member of the board to be a licensed neurologist in this state and to require the board to respond to requests of the commissioner when necessary in the discretion of the commissioner. This bill will be reported to floor with the recommendation that they do pass, but first be referred to the committee on government organization.
SB 164 would change the load limitation of a digger or derrick line truck from forty feet to forty-five feet in length and increase from six to nine feet the distance a load may extend beyond the foremost part of the truck. It also increases from nine to eleven feet the distance a load may extend beyond the rear of the body of the truck. This bill will be reported to floor with the recommendation that they do pass, but first be referred to the judiciary committee.
HCR 8 names a bridge in Mason County along Route 2 as the Dr. Roy and Marian Eshenaur Bridge.
HCR 35 names a bridge along interstate 77 and 64 near Cabin Creek Arnold Miller Memorial Bridge.
HCR 58 names a stretch of highway along Route 60 the William C. Campbell Memorial Highway.
HCR 46 names a bridge in McDowell County as the Blue Demon Bridge.
All resolutions will be reported to floor with the recommendation that they do pass, but first be referred to the rules committee.