Senate Bill No. 576
(By
Senators Helmick, Anderson, Minard, Ross and Minear)
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[Originating in the Committee on Natural Resources;
reported February 12, 2002.]
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A BILL to repeal section forty-six-h, article two, chapter twenty
of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended; and to amend and reenact section
forty-three of said article, relating to nonresident Class E
hunting and trapping licence.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section forty-six-h, article two, chapter twenty of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be repealed; and that section forty-three of said article
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-43. Class E, Class EE, Class F and Class H licenses for
nonresidents.
On or after the first day of January, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-eight, the licenses in this section shall be required of nonresidents to hunt, trap and fish in West Virginia.
A Class E license shall be a nonresident hunting and trapping
license and shall entitle the licensee to hunt and trap all legal
species of wild animals and wild birds in all counties of the state
except when other licenses or permits are required. It shall be
issued only to citizens of the United States or Canada and to
unnaturalized persons who possess the permit referred to in section
twenty-nine of this article who are not residents of this state.
The fee therefor shall be one hundred dollars.
A Class EE license shall be a nonresident bear hunting license
and shall entitle the licensee to hunt bear in all counties of the
state, except when additional licenses or permits are required. It
shall be issued only to citizens of the United States or Canada and
to unnaturalized persons who possess the permit referred to in
section twenty-nine of this article who are not residents of this
state. The fee therefor shall be one hundred fifty dollars.
A Class F license shall be a nonresident fishing license and
shall entitle the licensee to fish for all fish in all counties of
the state except when additional licenses or permits are required.
It shall be issued only to citizens of the United States or Canada
and to unnaturalized persons who possess the permit referred to in
section twenty-nine of this article who are not residents of this
state. The fee therefor shall be thirty dollars.
Trout fishing is not permitted with a Class F license unless such license has affixed thereto an appropriate trout stamp as
prescribed by the division of natural resources.
A Class H license shall be a nonresident small game hunting
license and shall entitle the licensee to hunt small game in all
counties of the state, except when additional licenses or permits
are required, for a period of six days beginning with the date it
is issued. It shall be issued only to citizens of the United States
or Canada who are not residents of this state. The fee therefor
shall be twenty dollars. As used in this section, "small game"
means all game except bear, deer, wild turkey and wild boar.
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