H. B. 2279
(By Delegate Williams)
[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-46j of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to establishing a special sidelock
black powder rifle deer hunting season and requiring a special
stamp therefor.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §20-2-46j of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-46j. Class V resident and Class VV nonresident
muzzle-loading deer hunting licenses.
A Class V license
shall be is a resident muzzle-loading deer
hunting license. A Class VV license
shall be is a nonresident
muzzle-loading deer hunting license. A Class V and VV license
shall entitle the licensee to hunt for and kill deer with a
muzzle-loader during muzzle-loading deer seasons in counties of the state, or parts thereof,
excluding Logan, McDowell, Mingo and
Wyoming counties, as established by the Natural Resources
Commission in section seventeen, article one of this chapter. The
director shall establish rules governing the issuance of Class V
and Class VV licenses as necessary to limit, on a fair and
equitable basis, the number of persons who may muzzle-loader hunt
for deer in any special management area. There shall be a season
of at least three days each year for the taking of deer with
muzzle-loading firearms, either rifles or pistols:
Provided, That
there shall be a special primitive sidelock black powder
muzzle-loading deer hunting season under rules established therefor
by the director of at least five days' duration beginning not
earlier than the fifteenth day following the beginning of the
archery deer season. Only Class V and Class VV licensed hunters,
using only primitive sidelock black powder muzzle-loading rifles
may participate in the special primitive sidelock black powder
muzzle-loading deer season.
Only single shot muzzle-loading firearms with open sights or
telescopic sights having a bore diameter of no less than
thirty-eight one-hundredths inch are legal firearms for the taking
of deer during the
regular muzzle-loading deer season provided
herein.
Only primitive sidelock black powder muzzle-loading rifles
with open metal sights are legal for the taking of deer during the
special primitive sidelock black powder muzzle-loading deer season.
The licenses shall be issued in a form prescribed by the
director, are in addition to a Class A, Class AB or Class E license
and are valid only when accompanied thereby. The fee for the Class
V license shall be five dollars. The fee for the Class VV license
shall be twenty-five dollars.
A primitive sidelock black powder
muzzle-loading stamp is required for a Class V or Class VV licensee
to participate in the special primitive sidelock black powder
muzzle-loading deer hunting season as provided above. The director
may charge a separate fee for the primitive sidelock black powder
muzzle-loading stamp not to exceed five dollars for Class V
licensees or twenty-five dollars for Class VV licensees.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to establish a special
primitive black powder muzzle-loading rifle deer hunting season and
requiring a stamp therefor.
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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