ENROLLED

Senate Bill No. 511

(By Senator Fanning)

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[Passed March 13, 2010; in effect ninety days from passage.]

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AN ACT to amend and reenact §20-2-21 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to Castor canadensis, or beaver, trapping and tagging of pelts.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §20-2-21 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-21. Reporting Castor canadensis (beaver); pelts taken and tagged.

Each trapper shall present
each Castor canadensis (beaver) or its pelt to a game checking station or representative of the division within thirty days after the close of a legal season. A tag provided by the division shall be affixed to each Castor canadensis pelt and remain attached to the pelt until it is processed into commercial fur.