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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 296
(By Senator Dittmar)
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[Originating in the Committee on Natural Resources;
reported February 23, 1994.]

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A BILL to amend article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section fifty-a, relating to licensing wildlife damage control agents; issuance and use of license; imposition, collection and deposit of fees; and promulgation of rules.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section fifty-a, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.

§20-2-50a. Wildlife damage control agents; licensing.

The director may issue a license to a person to act as a wildlife damage control agent. The director shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, governing the issuance and use of said license. The director is authorizedto impose and collect fees when issuing this license and such fees shall be deposited in the non-game wildlife fund. Any person licensed as a wildlife damage control agent, acting pursuant to such license and subject to the rules promulgated by the director, shall be authorized to take and dispose of wildlife found by the wildlife damage control agent to be creating a nuisance in or around homes, businesses, and other places where the presence of wildlife may be a nuisance, unless otherwise prohibited by law.