Senate Bill No. 636

(By Senators Love, Burnette and Caldwell)

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[Introduced February 18, 2002; 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 sixteen-a, relating to making it a crime to train dogs during the spring period.

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 sixteen-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.

 §20-2-16a. Dog training restricted as to season; penalty.
It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor offense for any person to train a dog for hunting or any other purpose on any land, enclosed or unenclosed, during the period between the first day of April and the thirtieth day of June of each year.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to protect wildlife and prevent conflicts between the dogs being trained and the public.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.