WEST virginia legislature
2018 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
Senate Bill 423
By Senators Maynard and Cline
[Originating in the Committee on Natural Resources; Reported on February 15, 2018]
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 7. LAW ENFORCEMENT, MOTORBOATING, LITTER.
§20-7-9. Violations of chapter generally; penalties.
Any person violating any of
the provisions of this chapter or rules promulgated under the provisions of
this chapter, the punishment for which is not prescribed, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall for each offense be fined not
less than $20 nor more than $300 or confined in jail not less than 10 or more
than 100 days, or be both fined and imprisoned confined within
the limitations aforesaid and, in the case of a violation by a corporation,
every officer or agent thereof directing or engaging in such violation shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the
same penalties and punishment as herein provided: Provided, That any
person violating subdivision (3), section five, article two of this chapter
§20-2-5(a)(3), §20-2-7(a), §20-2-8, or §20-2-10 of this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 and or
shall be imprisoned confined in jail for not less than 10 days
nor more than 100 days: Provided, however, That any person who is in
violation of §20-2-27 of this code as a result of their failure to have
a valid Class E nonresident hunting and trapping license, as defined by section
forty-two-d of this article §20-2-42d of this code, or a valid Class
EE nonresident bear hunting license, as defined by section forty-two-e of
this article §20-2-42e of this code, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $250 nor
more than $500, or confined in jail not less than 10 nor more than 100 days, or
both fined and imprisoned confined: Provided further, That
any person who is in violation of §20-2-27 of this code as a result of
their failure to have a Class F nonresident fishing license, as defined by
§20-2-42f of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, fined not less than $100 nor more than $300 or confined in jail not
less than 10 nor more than 100 days, or both fined and imprisoned confined:
And provided further, That any person violating any parking or speeding
regulations as promulgated by the director on any state parks, state forests,
public hunting and fishing areas, and all other lands and waters owned, leased,
or under the control of the Division of Natural Resources shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $2 nor
more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 10 days, or both fined and
imprisoned.