Senate Bill No. 223
(By Senators Facemyer and Caldwell)
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[Introduced February 23, 2001; referred to the Committee on
Natural Resources; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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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 sixty-four,
relating to providing a single resident license for all
hunting, fishing and trapping; and providing that one percent
of the general revenue fund each fiscal year is dedicated for
use 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 sixty-four, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-64. One residential license for hunting, fishing and
trapping; one percent of general revenue dedicated
to division.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the
contrary, beginning on the first day of July, two thousand three,
the director shall make available for issuance a single annual
license to each qualified
resident who applies which shall entitle
the resident to hunt, trap or fish for any lawful game or fish
during the appropriate hunting, trapping or fishing season so
designated for the particular game or fish. The license shall
include a four dollar fee to be paid to the division along with a
one dollar issuing fee which may be charged by any merchant or
other person who is authorized to offer hunting, trapping and
fishing licenses for sale to the general public.
(b) Each fiscal year, one percent of existing funds in the
general revenue fund of the state shall be dedicated as an
appropriation to the division to be used to promote and support the
division's obligations and activities intended to maintain and
preserve the state's game, fishing and nongame wildlife resources,
and for law-enforcement activities for which the division is
responsible.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
provide a single resident
license for all hunting, fishing and trapping.
The bill also would
dedicate each fiscal year one percent of all revenue in the general
revenue fund to DNR.
[TYPE INFORMATION]This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.