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Introduced Version House Bill 2362 History

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H. B. 2362


(By Delegates Perry, Williams, Shaver and Hamilton)
[Introduced January 13, 2010; referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources then Finance.]




A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2B-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Director of the Division of Natural Resources to create multi-year hunting, fishing and trapping licenses in increments of three, five or ten years; and authorizing the director to set fees for the multi-year licenses by legislative rule.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §20-2B-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2B. WILDLIFE ENDOWMENT FUND.
§20-2B-7. Lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses created; multi-year hunting, fishing and trapping licenses created.

(a) Pursuant to section three of this article, the director may issue the following lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses and for the lifetime of the licensee, the lifetime licenses serve in lieu of the equivalent annual license: Lifetime resident statewide hunting and trapping license; lifetime resident combination statewide hunting, fishing and trapping license; lifetime statewide fishing license; and lifetime resident trout fishing license. Provided, That A full-time nonresident student who attends an in-state college or university is not eligible to purchase any of these lifetime licenses.
(b) The director shall propose a rule for legislative approval in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, setting the fees for the lifetime licenses. The rule shall provide that the fee for any resident who has not reached his or her second birthday shall be one half of the adult fee set under the rule. The fees for lifetime licenses shall be twenty-three times the fee for the equivalent annual licenses or stamps.
(c) The director may issue the following multi-year hunting, fishing and trapping licenses in three, five or ten year increments: Resident statewide hunting and trapping license; resident combination statewide hunting, fishing and trapping license; statewide fishing license; and resident trout fishing license. A full-time nonresident student who attends an in-state college or university is not eligible to purchase a multi-year license. The director may propose rules in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to set fees for the multi-year licenses. Any multi-year license issued under this subsection (c) is valid from the date of purchase until its expiration on that same date three, five or ten years hence.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Director of the Division of Natural Resources to create multi-year hunting, fishing and trapping licenses in increments of three, five or ten years. The director is authorized to set fees for the multi-year licenses by legislative rule.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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