H. B. 2283


(By Delegate Ashley, Martin, Armstead, Hatfield, Rowe and Perdue)
[Introduced January 18, 1999; referred to the
Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance.]



A BILL 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 twenty-nine, relating to wildlife resources; and providing that spouses and dependents of residents of West Virginia on active duty in the armed forces of the United States of America may be issued a resident license or permit, even if stationed out of the state.

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 twenty-nine, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.

§20-2-29. Military family resident license.

The spouses and dependents of residents of West Virginia on active duty in the armed forces of the United States of America, have the right and privilege to hunt, trap or fish in season in West Virginia by acquiring a resident license to do so, even when stationed out of the state of West Virginia.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit spouses and dependents of residents of West Virginia on active military duty to be issued a resident license or permit, even if stationed out of the state.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.