H. B. 2623
(By Delegates Ennis, Argento, Swartzmiller,
Shaver and Williams)
[Introduced January 13, 2010; 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.