H. B. 2570
(By Delegates Rodighiero, Eldridge, Ellis,
Barker, Staggers and Caputo)
[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then
Government Organization.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated
§20-2-5h,
relating to
requiring the director of the Division of Natural Resources to
ensure that stocking trout are evenly distributed throughout
the state.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated
§20-2-5h
, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-5h. Director required to ensure equal statewide distribution
of stocking trout.
The director shall establish and publish a formula and
procedure for equal distribution and stocking trout in the rivers
and lakes of this state. The director shall divide the state into not less than five regions having rivers and lakes that support
trout habitat and trout fishing. The director shall ensure that
the number of trout stocked in each region is equal in so far as is
practicable. The director shall cause to be published in every
major newspaper of this state the number of trout stocked in each
region for each calendar year.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the director of
the Division of Natural Resources to ensure that stocking trout are
evenly distributed throughout the state.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.