Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB183%20intr.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=RS&i=183
Timestamp: 2018-03-21 23:41:08
Document Index: 240398384

Matched Legal Cases: ['§17', '§17', '§17', '§17', '§17', '§17', '§17', '§17', '§17']

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §17C-13A-1, §17C-13A-2, §17C-13A-3, §17C-13A-4, §17C-13A-5, §17C-13A-6, §17C-13A-7, §17C-13A-8 and §17C-13A-9, all relating to prohibiting diesel-powered motor vehicles from excessive idling; defining terms; placing restrictions on idling; providing exceptions to idling restrictions; establishing a misdemeanor offense of excessive idling; providing criminal penalties; and providing enforcement by the Department of Environmental Protection.
(c) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection as set forth in chapter twenty-two of this code.
No driver or owner of a diesel-powered motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of ten thousand one pounds or more engaged in commerce may cause, and no owner or operator of the location where the vehicle loads, unloads or parks, may allow the engine of the vehicle to idle for more than five minutes in any continuous sixty- minute period, except as provided under section three of this article.
(b) A diesel-powered motor vehicle with a gross weight of ten thousand one pounds or more may idle beyond the time allowed in subsection (a) for one or more of the following reasons:
(9) When a vehicle must idle due to mechanical difficulties over which the driver has no control, if the vehicle owner submits the repair paperwork or product repair verifying that the mechanical problem has been fixed, by mail to the department within thirty days of the repair.
(11) An occupied vehicle with a sleeper-berth compartment that idles for purposes of air conditioning or heating during a rest or sleep period and the outside temperature at the location of the vehicle is less than forty degrees or greater than seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit at any time during the rest or sleep period. This applies to a motor vehicle subject to this article parked in any place that the vehicle is legally permitted to park, including, but not limited to, a fleet trucking terminal, commercial truck stop or designed rest area. This exemption expires May 1, 2011. This exemption does not apply if the vehicle is parked at a location equipped with stationary idle reduction technology that is available for use at the start of the rest period.
(a) The driver or owner of a diesel-powered motor vehicle with a gross weight of ten thousand one pounds or more engaged in commerce or the owner or operator of a location where such vehicles load, unload or park that violates the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than $150 and not more than $300 and court costs.
(b) In addition to proceeding under any other remedy available at law for a violation of this article, the department may issue such orders as are necessary to aid in the enforcement of the provisions of this article and may assess a civil penalty for the violation pursuant to section six, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code.
If the driver of a diesel-powered motor vehicle subject to this article is convicted of a misdemeanor offense pursuant to this article is not the owner of the vehicle, the department shall, under procedures established in cooperation with the Division of Motor Vehicles, notify the vehicle owner that the driver has been convicted or assessed a civil penalty. The department may consult with the Division of Motor Vehicles in the development of notification procedures, as appropriate. The procedures shall include provisions to allow for reimbursement of the Division of Motor Vehicles expenses incurred in the implementation of this article.
The Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection may designate employees of the department to enforce the provisions of this article pursuant to the provisions of section five of this article. The Attorney General and his or her assistants and the prosecuting attorneys of the several counties shall render to the secretary or his or her designee without additional compensation such legal services as the secretary or his or her designee may require to enforce the provisions of this article.
(b) This article does not prevent the department from regulating motor vehicle emissions pursuant to the provisions of section fifteen, article five, chapter twenty-two of this code and any legislative rules promulgated pursuant to that section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit diesel powered motor vehicles from excessive idling; to define terms; to place restrictions on idling; to provide exceptions to idling restrictions; to establish a misdemeanor offense of excessive idling; to provide criminal penalties; and to provide enforcement by the Department of Environmental Protection.