H. B. 4532


(By Delegate Hall (By Request))
[Introduced February 13, 2006 ; referred to the
Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary.]





A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-32 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the prohibition of the West Virginia Director of the Division of Natural Resources from obtaining an applicant's social security number when issuing a license to hunt, fish and trap.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §20-2-32 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.

 §20-2-32. Issuance of licenses; duplicate licenses.
The clerk of the county commission in each county and other persons designated by the director shall be license-issuing authorities. Each license-issuing authority shall issue a license to a license applicant if, in the opinion of the authority, the license applicant is legally entitled to obtain the license applied for and pays the proper fee.
All materials and supplies necessary for the issuance of licenses shall be furnished by the director to each person authorized to issue licenses.
Each license shall bear a serial number and shall be signed by the licensee. The issuing authority shall keep an accurate record, in the form and manner prescribed by the director, of all licenses issued and of all money collected as license fees.
In the application process for obtaining a license, the director is prohibited from requesting an applicant's social security number. Such a request for an applicant's social security number shall not be permitted by the director in either a written or electronic application.
Any license-issuing authority may issue a duplicate license, to replace a lost, destroyed or damaged license, upon receipt of a verified application duly executed by the original license holder and the payment to the issuing authority of a duplicate license fee of one dollar.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the Director of the Division of Natural Resources from obtaining the social security number of an applicant in order to obtain a license to hunt, fish and trap in the state.

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