COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 2111

(By Delegates Williams, Seacrist, Kominar, Frederick,

Collins, Azinger and Everson)

(Originating in the Committee on Finance)

[April 2, 1997]



A BILL to amend article five, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty, relating to providing a discount on state park campsite rental fees to certain disabled veterans.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five, 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 twenty, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. PARKS AND RECREATION.
§20-5-20. Discounts for disabled veterans.
(a) Upon application, the director shall issue to the eligible veteran a discount card that may be used to obtain the discount described in subdivision (b) of this section.
(b) Upon presentation of a discount card described in subsection (a) of this section, no operator of any campground under the jurisdiction of the director may charge the eligible veteran to whom the discount card has been issued more than one-half of the campground's scheduled rental fee for an available campsite rented and used by the eligible veteran. The discount described in this subsection shall be extended to the eligible veteran on any day of the year that a campsite is available.
(c) For purposes of this section, "eligible veteran" means a veteran who was discharged from the armed forces of the United States under honorable conditions who:
(1) iIs a resident of the state of West Virginia; and
(2) Has a total and permanent disability of the lower extremities.
(d) The director shall propose for promulgation legislative rules in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to prescribe the manner in which eligibility for a discount card described in this section may be established.