H. B. 2062

(By Delegates Leggett, C. White, Flanigan, Williams and Evans)

AN ACT to amend and reenact section forty-six-j, article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to Class V resident and Class VV nonresident muzzle-loading deer hunting licenses; and adding open sights and telescopic sights.

That section forty-six-j, article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, 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 a resident muzzle-loading deer hunting license. A Class VV license shall be 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.
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 muzzle-loading deer season provided herein.
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.