COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 725
(By Senators Wooton, Fanning, Minard,
Mitchell, Ross, Rowe and Snyder)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported April 3, 2001.]
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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 forty-six-n,
relating to the creation of a Class QM hunting license for
mentally impaired or neurologically disordered persons.
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 forty-six-n, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-46n. Class QM special license
for mentally impaired or
neurologically disordered persons.
(a) A Class QM license shall be a special statewide hunting
permit and shall be available to any resident who is either:
(1) A person who is eligible for a hunting license according to the provisions of this article but would otherwise be disallowed
a license due to a mental impairment or neurological disorder:
Provided, That should a person not be capable of passing the
hunter's safety course due to a mental impairment or neurological
disordered, and upon recommendation of the course instructor, then
the director may issue a Class QM license; or
(2) A person or their legal guardian may request a Class QM
license in lieu of a Class A license.
(b) All fees, requirements, rights and privileges for this
license shall be the same as those for a Class A license issued
pursuant to section thirty-nine of this article.
(c) When hunting, the permittee must be accompanied and
supervised by an adult holder of a current West Virginia certified
hunting license other than a Class QM.
(d) A form for such permit shall be furnished by the director
to any applicant who meets the above requirements.