H. B. 2671
(By Delegates Williams, Stemple, Everson,
Stalnaker, Thompson, Coleman and Collins)
[Introduced February 5, 1999; referred to the
Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
then Finance.]
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 five-e,
relating to the assessment of a fifty dollar fee as an
additional penalty for crimes involving the use of decoy
animals by the division of natural resources.
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
five-e, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-5e. Assessment fee for decoy animals.
Any person who is convicted for the violation of any law of
this state involving the use of a decoy animal by the division of
natural resources shall, in addition to any fines and costs for the criminal violation, pay to the division of natural
resources, law-enforcement section, a fifty dollar assessment.
The assessment shall be collected by the court in which the
person is convicted and forwarded to the division of natural
resources, law-enforcement section. All funds collected are to
be placed in a special account designated for the use of
purchasing and repairing decoy animals and purchasing equipment
for use with decoy animals.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the assessment
and collection of and additional $50.00 from every person
convicted of a violation involving the use of a decoy animal by
the Division of Natural Resources. The additional assessment is
to be paid to the Division of Natural Resources, Law-Enforcement
Section.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.