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.