Senate Bill No. 451
(By Senators Dittmar and Anderson)
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[Introduced March 24, 1997; referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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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.
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 in
lieu 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: Provided, however, That the director may suspend sales
of lifetime licenses at times when sales of such lifetime
licenses would not be actuarially sound.
(a) A Class A-L lifetime resident statewide hunting and
trapping license, the fee for which shall be two hundred dollars
thirty-two times the fee for the equivalent annual licenses:
Provided, That the fee shall be one hundred dollars 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
three hundred dollars thirty-two times the fee for the equivalent
annual licenses: Provided, That the fee shall be one hundred
fifty dollars 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 two hundred dollars thirty-two times
the fee for the equivalent annual licenses: Provided, That the
fee shall be one hundred dollars 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
(d) A Class O-L lifetime resident trout fishing license, the
fee for which shall be one hundred dollars twenty times the fee
for the equivalent annual licenses: Provided, That the fee shall
be fifty dollars 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.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to index the fee for
lifetime hunting, trapping and fishing licenses to the annual fee
for comparable licenses.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.