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H. B. 2042

 

    (By Delegates Ennis, Swartzmiller, Shaver and Williams)

         [Introduced January 12, 2011; referred to the

         Committee on Natural Resources then the Judiciary.]

 

 

 

 

A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-42n and §20-2-42p of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to allowing unused Class RG and RRG deer stamps to be used to hunt and take antlerless deer during the appropriate season.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That §20-2-42n and §20-2-42p of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.

§20-2-42n. Class N resident and Class NN nonresident antlerless deer hunting stamp.

    A Class N stamp is a resident deer hunting stamp for antlerless deer. A Class NN stamp is a nonresident deer hunting stamp for antlerless deer. These stamps entitle the licensee to hunt and take antlerless deer of either sex during the Class N season. The fee for a Class N stamp is $10 and the fee for a Class NN stamp is $25. Class N and NN stamps may be issued only for the purpose of removing antlerless deer when the director determines it essential for proper management of the wildlife resources. A Class RG resident or Class RRG nonresident gun deer hunting stamp, issued pursuant to section forty-two-p of this article, that was not used during the regular season, may be used in place of the Class N and Class NN stamp authorized by this section, if the director determines it is essential for the proper management of the wildlife resources. The director may promulgate rules governing the issuance and use of the Class N and NN stamps as deemed necessary to limit, on a fair and equitable basis, the number of persons who may hunt for antlerless deer in a county, or part of a county. When the director determines it essential that a Class N or NN season be held in a particular county or part of a county, that season shall be is set by the Natural Resources Commission as provided in section seventeen, article one of this chapter. Bona fide resident landowners or their resident children, or resident parents, bona fide resident tenants of such land and bona fide resident stockholders of resident corporations which are formed for the primary purpose of hunting or fishing and which are the fee simple owners of no less than one thousand acres of land upon which the antlerless deer may be hunted are not required to have a Class N stamp in their possession while hunting antlerless deer on their own land during the Class N season. A resident hunter, including those not required to purchase a license pursuant to section twenty-seven of this article, must purchase and carry a valid Class N stamp. A nonresident hunter must purchase and carry a valid Class NN stamp. These stamps require that the licensee purchase the appropriate base license before participating in the activities specified in this section, except as noted.

§20-2-42p. Class RG resident and Class RRG nonresident gun deer hunting stamp for an additional deer.

    The director has the authority to issue a Class RG resident and a Class RRG nonresident gun deer hunting stamp when deemed essential for the proper management of the wildlife resources. These stamps allow the licensee to hunt and take an additional deer as designated by the director. A Class RG resident or Class RRG nonresident gun deer hunting stamp, issued pursuant to this section that is not used during the regular season, may be used in place of the Class N and Class NN stamp authorized by section forty-two-n of this article, if the director determines it is essential for the proper management of the wildlife resources. The fee for a Class RG stamp is $20 and the fee for a Class RRG stamp is $40. The director may promulgate rules in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code governing the issuance and use of these stamps. These stamps require that the licensee purchase the appropriate base license before participating in the activities specified in this section, except as noted.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow unused Class RG and RRG deer stamps to be used to hunt and take antlerless deer during the appropriate season.


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

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