H. B. 4532
(By Delegate Hall (By Request))
[Introduced
February 13, 2006
; referred to the
Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then the
Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-32 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to the prohibition of the West
Virginia Director of the Division of Natural Resources from
obtaining an applicant's social security number when issuing
a license to hunt, fish and trap.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §20-2-32 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-32. Issuance of licenses; duplicate licenses.
The clerk of the county commission in each county and other
persons designated by the director shall be license-issuing
authorities. Each license-issuing authority shall issue a license
to a license applicant if, in the opinion of the authority, the license applicant is legally entitled to obtain the license applied
for and pays the proper fee.
All materials and supplies necessary for the issuance of
licenses shall be furnished by the director to each person
authorized to issue licenses.
Each license shall bear a serial number and shall be signed
by the licensee. The issuing authority shall keep an accurate
record, in the form and manner prescribed by the director, of all
licenses issued and of all money collected as license fees.
In the application process for obtaining a license, the
director is prohibited from requesting an applicant's social
security number. Such a request for an applicant's social security
number shall not be permitted by the director in either a written
or electronic application.
Any license-issuing authority may issue a duplicate license,
to replace a lost, destroyed or damaged license, upon receipt of a
verified application duly executed by the original license holder
and the payment to the issuing authority of a duplicate license fee
of one dollar.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the Director of
the Division of Natural Resources from obtaining the social security
number of an applicant in order to obtain a license to hunt, fish
and trap in the state.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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