COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 322

(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 and reenact section seven, article two-b, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the indexing of fees for lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to annual license fees; ineligibility of certain persons for a license; and designation of a certain portion of the fees for law-enforcement purposes.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seven, article two-b, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2B. WILDLIFE ENDOWMENT FUND.

§20-2B-7. Lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses created.

Pursuant to section three of this article the following lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses are hereby created and, for the lifetime of the licensee, shall serve inlieu of the equivalent annual license: Provided, That a full- time nonresident student who attends an in-state college or university is not eligible to purchase any of these lifetime licenses, all to become effective on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five:
(a) A Class A-L lifetime resident statewide hunting and trapping license, the fee for which shall be twenty-five times the fee for the equivalent annual licenses: Provided, That the fee shall be one half of the adult fee for any resident who has not reached his or her second birthday; for proof of age, a certified birth certificate or other notarized record of birth shall be submitted with the license application;
(b) A Class AB-L lifetime resident combination statewide hunting, fishing and trapping license, the fee for which shall be twenty-five times the fee for the equivalent annual licenses: Provided, That the fee shall be one half of the adult fee for any resident who has not reached his or her second birthday; for proof of age, a certified birth certificate or other notarized record of birth shall be submitted with the license application;
(c) A Class B-L lifetime resident statewide fishing license, the fee for which shall be twenty-five times the fee for the equivalent annual licenses: Provided, That the fee shall be one half of the adult fee for any resident who has not reached his or her second birthday; for proof of age, a certified birth certificate or other notarized record of birth shall be submitted with the license application;
(d) A Class O-L lifetime resident trout fishing license, the fee for which shall be twenty times the fee for the equivalentannual license: Provided, That the fee shall be one half of the adult fee for any resident who has not reached his or her second birthday; for proof of age, a certified birth certificate or other notarized record of birth shall be submitted with the license application; and
(e) The director shall direct a portion of those fees collected pursuant to this section which are designated to be used for law-enforcement purposes to be used for the purchase of firearms by the division. The division shall retain these firearms for use in the firearms training required by section thirty-a, article two of this chapter. The division shall provide these firearms to qualified trainers upon request for use in training activities.