WEST virginia legislature
2017 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
House Bill 4235
By Delegates Hamilton, Harshbarger, Brewer, Atkinson, Ward, Queen, Diserio, Longstreth, Wagner, R. Romine and A. Evans
[Originating in the Committee on Finance;
February 23, 2018]
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2B. WILDLIFE ENDOWMENT FUND.
§20-2B-7. Lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses created.
(a) Pursuant to §20-3-1 et
seq. of this code, the The
director may is authorized to issue the following lifetime
hunting, fishing and trapping licenses and for the lifetime of the licensee,
the lifetime licenses serve in lieu of the equivalent annual license: Lifetime
resident statewide hunting and trapping license; lifetime resident combination
statewide hunting, fishing and trapping license; lifetime statewide fishing
license; and lifetime resident trout fishing license. Provided,
That a full-time nonresident student who attends an in-state college or
university is not eligible to purchase any of these lifetime licenses
(b) The director shall propose a rule for legislative approval in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code, setting the fees for the lifetime licenses. The rule shall provide that the fee for any resident who has not reached his or her second birthday shall be one half of the adult fee set under the rule. The fees for lifetime licenses shall be twenty-three times the fee for the equivalent annual licenses or stamps.