The Senate Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure convened on Tuesday to discuss Senate Bill 55, which refers to driving privileges for persons under the age of 18.
The bill would include drivers under the age of 18 and with a level three drivers’ license to be prohibited from using a wireless deceive, such as a cell phone, while driving.
As of now under the current code, only drivers with a level one or two license are prohibited from using a wireless device while driving.
The bill would qualify West Virginia for Federal grant of $2.4 million which would be used at the local level such as training for emergency personnel.
The Committee also discussed Resolution Ten which would impose a deadline for naming resolutions of infrastructures to be introduced to the Senate during regular session.
Senators discussed how this resolution would help the Committee and the Senate attend to more pressing matters in the last ten days of session. The deadline would be on the 50th day of the regular session.
The Committee voted unanimously to adopted the resolution, and to report it to the Senate to be referred to the Rules Committee.
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