2026 Regular Session
Link to Bill History on Legacy Website (Click Here)Summary: Exempting county school buses from paying the toll fees
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DOCX: HB5137 INTR.docx
FISCAL NOTE
2026 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 5137
By Delegate Young
Introduced February 03, 2026; referred to the Committee on Education then Finance
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §17-16A-31, relating to exempting school buses from paying toll fees.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 16A. WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAYS AUTHORITY.
§17-16A-31. County school buses exempt from payment of tolls.
County school buses shall be exempt from the payment of toll road fees in the course of their regular use within a school system. Regular use is defined as transporting students to and from a school, transporting students to school-related events, such as field trips, after school events, and sporting events, and when the driver drives the bus for maintenance.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt school buses from having to pay toll fees.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.