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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026
REGULAR SESSION
ENGROSSED
House Bill 4410
By Delegates Heckert and Hillenbrand
[Introduced January 16, 2026; referred to the Committee on Energy and Public Works]
A BILL to amend and reenact §17C-12-1, of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §17C-1-72, relating to defining "on-track equipment"; and clarifying provisions related to obedience to signal indicating approach of train.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED
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§17C-1-72. Other on-track equipment; definitions
.
For the purpose of this section, the term "on-track equipment" means any tender, motor unit, freight or passenger car, or other on-track equipment used, operated, or employed upon railroad tracks, including all maintenance of way equipment used to inspect, maintain, and repair the rail system.
ARTICLE 12. SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED
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§17C-12-1. Obedience to signal indicating approach of train
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(a) Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver of
such
that
vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and
shall
may
not proceed until he
or she
can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply when:
(1) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train
or other on-track equipment
;
or
(2) A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train
or other on-track equipment
;
or
(3) A railroad train
or other on-track equipment
approaching within approximately 1,500 feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from
such
that
distance and
such
the
railroad train
or other on-track equipment
, by reason of its speed or nearness to
such
the
crossing, is an immediate hazard;
or
(4) Any approaching railroad train
or other on-track equipment
is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to
such
the
crossing.
(b) No person
shall
may
drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while
such
the
gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.
(c) Any person failing to comply with the requirements of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined $100 or imprisoned for not more than 10 days. The commissioner shall promulgate rules to further penalize those convicted of violating this section by levying three points against the violator's driver's license record:
Provided,
That if the electric or mechanical signal device is malfunctioning, this subsection
shall
may
not apply.
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