H. B. 4556

(By Delegates Yeager, Poling and Boggs)

[Introduced February 20, 2002 ; referred to the

Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance.]

A BILL to amend and reenact section forty-six-m, article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to junior sportsman's hunting, fishing and trapping licenses generally; making the nonresident junior sportsman's hunting, fishing and trapping license the same for residents and nonresidents; and eliminating the additional fees required of nonresident junior sportsmen's licenses for bow and muzzle loading deer hunting seasons.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section forty-six-m, article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

§20-2-46m. Class XJ junior sportsman's hunting, fishing and trapping license.

On or after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine two thousand three, a Class XJ license shall be a resident junior sportsman's hunting, fishing and trapping license and

shall entitle the licensee to hunt and trap for all legal species of wild animals and wild birds, to fish for all legal species of fish and to take frogs in all counties of the state, except as prohibited by the rules and regulations of the director or when additional licenses and permits are required.
No additional fees shall be required of Class XJ

licensees for a Class I, U, UU, V, VV, or W, or WW license or for the conservation stamp required by section nine, article two-b of this chapter in order for the Class XJ licensee to participate in the seasons for which said licenses are required. Trout fishing is not permitted with a Class XJ license unless said licensee possesses a valid Class O or Class O-L trout license.
The Class XJ license shall may be issued only to citizens of the United States or Canada and to unnaturalized persons who possess the permit referred to in section twenty-nine of this article who are residents or nonresidents of this state and who have not reached their eighteenth birthday and who are otherwise required to purchase a license pursuant to this article and chapter. The fee for the Class XJ license shall be fifteen dollars, of which three dollars shall be designated as conservation stamp revenue and expended pursuant to section nine, article two-b of this said chapter.

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

AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE AMENDMENT

On page one, following the enacting section, by striking out the remainder of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.

§20-2-46m. Class XJ junior sportsman's hunting, fishing and trapping license.

On or after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred eighty-nine two thousand three, a Class XJ license shall be a resident junior sportsman's hunting, fishing and trapping license and shall entitle the licensee to hunt and trap for all legal species of wild animals and wild birds, to fish for all legal species of fish and to take frogs in all counties of the state, except as prohibited by the rules and regulations of the director or when additional licenses and permits are required.
No additional fees shall be required of Class XJ licensees for a Class I, U, UU, V, VV, or W, or WW license or for the resident conservation stamp required by section nine, article two-b of this chapter in order for the Class XJ licensee to participate in the seasons for which said licenses are required. Trout fishing is not permitted with a Class XJ license unless said licensee possesses a valid Class O or Class O-L trout license.
The Class XJ license shall may be issued only to citizens of the United States or Canada and to unnaturalized persons who possess the permit referred to in section twenty-nine of this article who are residents of this state and who have not reached their eighteenth birthday and who are otherwise required to purchase a license pursuant to this article and chapter. The fee charged to a resident for the Class XJ license shall be fifteen dollars, of which three dollars shall be designated as conservation stamp revenue and expended pursuant to section nine, article two-b of this said chapter.
The fee charged to a nonresident for the Class XJ license shall be fifteen dollars. In addition to paying the XJ license fee, a nonresident applicant must purchase a conservation stamp for the fee required of a nonresident in section nine, article two-b of this chapter, and a law-enforcement and sports education stamp for the fee required of a nonresident in section ten, article two-b of this chapter.

"A BILL to amend and reenact section forty-six-m, article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to junior sportsman's hunting, fishing and trapping licenses generally; making nonresidents under fifteen years old