COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 296
(By Senator Dittmar)
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[Originating in the Committee on Finance;
reported March 3, 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;
authority of agents; 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. Unless otherwise prohibited by
law, any person licensed as a wildlife damage control agent,
acting pursuant to the license and subject to the rulespromulgated by the director, is 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. The
director is authorized to impose and collect fees when issuing
this license and the fees shall be deposited in the nongame
wildlife fund. The director shall promulgate rules pursuant to
article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, governing the
issuance and use of the license and setting fees.