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ENROLLED

H. B. 4315


(By Delegates Varner, Stemple, Michael,

Shaver, Kominar, Coleman and Faircloth)


[Passed March 8, 2002; in effect ninety days from passage.]




AN ACT to amend article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section six-a, relating to permitting persons licensed to carry a concealed handgun to carry the weapon while hunting or engaged in other activities while afield in circumstances where possession of a firearm might otherwise be prohibited.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section six-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.

§20-2-6a. Carrying a concealed handgun.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, a person licensed to carry a concealed weapon pursuant to the provisions of section four, article seven, chapter sixty-one of this code who is not prohibited at the time from possessing a firearm pursuant to the provisions of section seven, article seven, chapter sixty-one of this code or by any applicable federal law may carry a handgun in a concealed manner for self defense purposes while afield hunting, hiking, camping or in or on a motor vehicle.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not exempt any person from obtaining any hunting or fishing license or stamp required by the division of natural resources.
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