H. B. 4286
(By Delegates Talbott and Crosier)
(By Request of the Division of Natural Resources)
[Introduced February 2, 2010; referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-42 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended,
relating to the indexing of license and
stamp fees; and
extending the provision allowing increases in
the fees indexed to increases in the Consumer Price Index from
January 1, 2011, to January 1, 2021.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §20-2-42 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-42. Effective date and indexing of license and stamp fees.
The license and stamp fees in article two and two-b of this
chapter as amended during the regular session of the 2005 regular
session of the Legislature shall become effective on January 1,
2006. The director may from time to time propose rules for
legislative approval in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, changing any license or stamp fee set
forth in this article or in article two-b. All increases in
license and stamp fees in this article which are set forth in rule
shall be computed in a manner that results in the increase being
indexed to an increase in the Consumer Price Index (All Items)
published by the United States Department of Labor rounded down to
the nearest dollar:
Provided, That no increase in fee resulting
from increases in the Consumer Price Index (All Items) may be made
after January 1,
two thousand eleven 2021.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to extend the provision
allowing increases in DNR license and stamp fees indexed to
increases in the Consumer Price Index from January 1, 2011, to
January 1, 2021.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.