Senate Bill No. 595

(By Senator Tucker)

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[Introduced February 15, 2012; referred to the Committee on Natural Resources; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §20-2-42y, relating to creating a hunting license permitting crossbow hunting; and providing rule-making authority.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §20-2-42y, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.

§20-2-42y. Crossbow hunting licenses.

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this code to the contrary, pursuant to section one-a of this article, the Director of the Division of Natural Resources may issue a Class CB license entitling the licensee to hunt with a crossbow. The director shall establish a fee for the license: Provided, That the fee shall be at least $10.

    (b) The director shall propose a rule for legislative approval in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code implementing this section.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create a hunting license permitting crossbow hunting. The bill grants the Director of the Division of Natural Resources rule-making authority.

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