WEST virginia Legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 410

By Senator Sypolt

[Introduced February 23, 2017; Referred
to the Committee on Natural Resources]

A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-19 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to marking traps with a Division of Natural Resources identification tag.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §20-2-19 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.

§20-2-19. Marking of traps.

All traps used for taking game or fur-bearing animals shall be marked with (1) a durable plate or tag attached to the snare, trap or trap chain bearing the name and address of the owner of the trap or (2) with a Division of Natural Resources identification tag.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources identification tag to be used to identify a trap.

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