ENROLLED
H. B. 4315
(By Delegates Varner, Stemple, Michael,
Shaver, Kominar, Coleman and Faircloth)
[Passed March 8, 2002; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT 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 six-a,
relating to permitting persons licensed to carry a concealed
handgun to carry the weapon while hunting or engaged in other
activities while afield in circumstances where possession of
a firearm might otherwise be prohibited.
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 six-a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-6a. Carrying a concealed handgun.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the
contrary, a person licensed to carry a concealed weapon pursuant to
the provisions of section four, article seven, chapter sixty-one of
this code who is not prohibited at the time from possessing a
firearm pursuant to the provisions of section seven, article seven,
chapter sixty-one of this code or by any applicable federal law may
carry a handgun in a concealed manner for self defense purposes
while afield hunting, hiking, camping or in or on a motor vehicle.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not exempt any person
from obtaining any hunting or fishing license or stamp required by
the division of natural resources.