West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia HB5500: To make allowances for bio-degradable farm/field products to escape the transport vehicle so to avoid potential fines
Status: Introduced, February 13, 2026
What the bill says
To amend and reenact §17C-17-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing that the penalty provision of this section does not apply to certain open top farm trucks, trailers, and other vehicles hauling hay, straw, silage, and other vegetative, bio-degradable products to other farms needing these products; reducing speed limit for these vehicles; and requiring special permits. ARTICLE 17. SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD. §17C-17-6. Loads to be securely fastened and not allowed to leak, escape, etc. (a) No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall may be operated on any hi.
From the introduced text, February 13, 2026:
A BILL to amend and reenact §17C-17-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing that the penalty provision of this section does not apply to certain open top farm trucks, trailers, and other vehicles hauling hay, straw, silage, and other vegetative, bio-degradable products to other farms needing these products; reducing speed limit for these vehicles; and requiring special permits. ARTICLE 17. SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD. §17C-17-6. Loads to be securely fastened and not allowed to leak, escape, etc. (a) No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall may be operated on any highway unless such vehicle or combination of vehicles is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining such roadway. (b) It shall be is unlawful to operate on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles with any load unless said the load and any covering thereon is securely fastened so as to prevent said the covering or load from becoming loose, detached, or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway. (c) The Legislature finds that there are certain times of the …