COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 357

(By Senator Laird)

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[Originating in the Committee on Natural Resources;

reported February 15, 2011.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-21 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to reporting beaver and otter taken, tagged and checked.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That §20-2-21 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.

§20-2-21. Reporting beaver and otter pelts taken and tagged.

    Each trapper shall present each Castor canadensis beaver and otter, or its each pelt, to a game checking station or representative of the division within thirty days after the close of a legal season. A tag provided by the division shall be affixed to each Castor canadensis beaver and otter, or each pelt and remain attached to the animal or pelt until it is processed into commercial fur.

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    (NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to add otter to the species which must be checked at an official game check station.

    Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.)