COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 4561

(By Delegates Butcher, Ferrell, Hrutkay,

Stemple, Wright and Boggs)

(Originating in the Committee on Agriculture

and Natural Resources)

[ February 27, 2004 ]


A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §20-2-5f, relating to authorizing the director of the division of natural resources to allow a nonresident to seasonally train dogs for coon hunting, if the nonresident's state reciprocates for West Virginia residents; and establishing the dog training season.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §20-2-5f, to read as follows:
 ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-5f. Nonresident dog training for coon hunting; training season.

Notwithstanding subdivision (24), section five of this article or any other provision to the contrary, the director is authorized to allow a nonresident to train dogs for coon hunting in West Virginia, if the state in which the nonresident resides allows residents from West Virginia to train dogs for coon hunting. The dog training season for a nonresident to train dogs for coon hunting is from the fifteenth day of August of each year through the legal small game hunting season.