Bill-DNR Small Arms 58CSR14
H. B. 4218


(By Delegates Mahan, Wills, Cann, Kominar,

Faircloth and Riggs)

[Introduced January 25, 2002; referred to the

Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

then the Judiciary.]


A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article ten, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the division of natural resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to small arms hunting.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article ten, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. AUTHORIZATION FOR BUREAU OF COMMERCE TO PROMULGATE
LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-10-2. Division of natural resources.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of August, two thousand, authorized under the authority of section two, article five, chapter twenty of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the eighteenth day of October, two thousand, relating to the division of natural resources (special projects and grants for West Virginia state parks, state forests and state wildlife management areas under the division, 58 CSR 34), is authorized, with the following amendment:
"On page 1 subsection 2.1, following the words 'park, forest' by inserting a comma and the words 'wildlife management'."
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the first day of September, two thousand, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of October, two thousand, relating to the division of natural resources (defining the terms to be used concerning all hunting and trapping rules, 58 CSR 46), is authorized.
(c) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the first day of September, two thousand, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of October, two thousand, relating to the division of natural resources (general hunting, 58 CSR 49), is authorized.
(d) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-fifth of August, two thousand, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-second day of September, two thousand, relating to the division of natural resources (special fishing, 58 CSR 61), is authorized, with the following amendment:
On page 4, subdivision 4.1.10 by striking out the words "Kanawha State Forest Pond" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Ellison Pond".
(e) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand one, authorized under the authority of section seven, article one, chapter twenty, of this code, modified by the division of natural resources to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-second day of August, two thousand one, relating to the division of natural resources (small arms hunting, 58 CSR 14), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Small Arms Hunting.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.