Senate Bill No. 74
(By Senators Hunter and Wells)
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[Introduced January 12, 2007; referred to the Committee on
Natural Resources; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §20-2-42x, relating
to establishing a primitive weapons deer season; and providing
for the issuance of a primitive weapons deer hunting license.
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 §20-2-42x, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-42x. Class Z resident and Class ZZ nonresident primitive
weapon deer hunting licenses.
A Class Z license shall be a resident primitive weapon deer
hunting license. A Class ZZ license shall be nonresident
primitive weapon deer hunting license. A Class Z and ZZ license
shall entitle the licensee to hunt for and kill deer with a primitive weapon during primitive weapon deer seasons in the
several counties of the state, or parts thereof, excluding Logan,
McDowell, Mingo and Wyoming Counties, as established by the Natural
Resources Commission in section seventeen, article one of this
chapter. The director shall establish rules governing the issuance
of Class Z and Class ZZ licenses as necessary to limit, on a fair
and equitable basis, the number of persons who may primitive weapon
hunt for deer in any special management area. There shall be a
season of at least three days each year for the taking of deer with
primitive weapons as authorized by the Director of Natural
Resources.
Only primitive weapons authorized by the Director of Natural
Resources may be used during primitive weapons deer season.
The licenses shall be issued in a form prescribed by the
director, are in addition to a Class A, Class AB or Class E license
and are valid only when accompanied thereby. The fee for the Class
Z license is ten dollars. The fee for the Class ZZ license is
fifty dollars.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
establish a primitive
weapons deer season and to provide for the issuance of a primitive
weapons deer hunting license.
This section
is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.