Senate Bill No. 15
(By Senators Dittmar, Anderson and Whitlow)
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[Introduced January 12, 1995; referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section thirty-three, article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the issuance of hunting, trapping and fishing licenses; authorizing issuance of hunting, trapping and fishing licenses by employees of the division of parks and recreation; and administrative fees.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section thirty-three, 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.

§20-2-33. Authority of director to designate agents to issue
licenses; bonds; fees.

The director may appoint, in addition to the clerk of the county commission and employees of the division of parks and recreation, agents to issue licenses under the provisions of this article to serve the convenience of the public. Each person, so appointed, shall, before issuing any license, file with the director a bond payable to the state of West Virginia, in the amount to be fixed by the director at not less than one thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her obligation to issue licenses only in conformity with the provisions of this article and to account for all license fees received by him or her. The form of the bond shall be prescribed by the attorney general. No person, other than those designated as issuing agents by the director, may sell licenses or buy the same for the purposes of resale.
After the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, except when a license is purchased from an employee of the division of natural resources, every person making application for a license shall pay, in addition to the license fee prescribed therefor in the later sections of this article, an additional fee of one dollar to any county official issuing the license and all fees collected by county officials shall be paid by them into the general fund of the county treasury or, in the case of an employee of the division of parks and recreation or an agent issuing the license, an additional fee of one dollar as compensation, and all fees collected by employees of the division of parks and recreation shall be paid by them into the parks operating account of the division of parks and recreation: Provided, That only one fee of one dollar shall be collected by county officials, by employees of the division of parks and recreation or authorized agents, for issuing two or more licenses at the same time for use by the same person or for issuing combination resident statewide hunting, trapping and fishing Class AB licenses.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Parks and Recreation to charge a one dollar administrative fee when an individual purchases a hunting or fishing license from the Division.)

NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS

The Committee on Natural Resources moved to amend the bill on page ___, section thirty-three, line _____, by striking out the word "division" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "office";
On page ___, section thirty-three, line ____, by striking out the words "the division of natural resources" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "a section of the division of natural resources other than the section of parks and recreation";
On page ___, section thirty-three, line ___, by striking out the word "division" and inserting on lieu thereof the word "section";
On page ___, section thirty-three, line ____, by striking out the word "division" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "section";
On page ____, section thirty-three, line ___, by striking out the word "division" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "section";
And,
On page one, by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Senate Bill No. 15--A Bill to amend and reenact section thirty-three, article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the issuance of hunting, trapping and fishing licenses; authorizing issuance of hunting, trapping and fishing licenses by employees of the office of parks and recreation; and administrative fees.