ENROLLED

H. B. 2947


(By Delegates Yeager, Ashley,

Williams, Stemple and Marshall)



[Passed April 14, 2001; in effect ninety days from passage.]



AN ACT to repeal section forty-a, article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty- one, as amended; and to amend and reenact section forty-three of said article, all relating to the elimination of the Class AB combination resident hunting, trapping and fishing license and the Class G nonresident family fishing license.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section forty-a, article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be repealed; and that section forty-three of said article be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-43. Class E, Class EE, Class F and Class H licenses for nonresidents.

On or after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, the licenses in this section shall be required of nonresidents to hunt and fish in West Virginia. A Class E license shall be a nonresident hunting license and shall entitle the licensee to hunt all legal species of wild animals and wild birds in all counties of the state, except when other licenses or permits are required. It shall be issued only to citizens of the United States or Canada and to unnaturalized persons who possess the permit referred to in section twenty-nine of this article who are not residents of this state. The fee therefor shall be one hundred dollars.
A Class EE license shall be a nonresident bear hunting license and shall entitle the licensee to hunt bear in all counties of the state, except when additional licenses or permits are required. It shall be issued only to citizens of the United States or Canada and to unnaturalized persons who possess the permit referred to in section twenty-nine of this article who are not residents of this state. The fee therefor shall be one hundred fifty dollars.
A Class F license shall be a nonresident fishing license and shall entitle the licensee to fish for all fish in all counties of the state except when additional licenses or permits are required. It shall be issued only to citizens of the United States or Canada and to unnaturalized persons who possess the permit referred to in section twenty-nine of this article who are not residents of this state. The fee therefor shall be thirty dollars.
Trout fishing is not permitted with a Class F license unless such license has affixed thereto an appropriate trout stamp as prescribed by the division of natural resources.
A Class H license shall be a nonresident small game hunting license and shall entitle the licensee to hunt small game in all counties of the state, except when additional licenses or permits are required, for a period of six days beginning with the date it is issued. It shall be issued only to citizens of the United States or Canada who are not residents of this state. The fee therefor shall be twenty dollars. As used in this section, "small game" means all game except bear, deer, wild turkey and wild boar.