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H. B. 4559
(By Delegates Morgan and Stephens)
[Introduced February 18, 2010
; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §30-19-8 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to the requirements to be a
certified as a registered forester.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That
§30-19-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 19. FORESTERS.
§30-19-8. General requirements to be certified as a registered
forester.
(a) To be eligible to be certified as a registered forester,
the applicant must:
(1) Be of good moral character;
(2) Have a high school diploma or its equivalent;
(3) Have obtained either:
(A) Completion of a four-year degree program or masters degree
program in professional forestry forest management, accredited by
the Society of American Foresters, or other accrediting body as
determined by the board, and have two years related experience in
the field of forestry; or
(B) Completion of a two-year technical forestry program in a
program accredited or recognized by the Society of American
Foresters, completion of a bachelor's degree in a field used in the
practice of forestry as approved by the board and four years
related experience in the field of forestry;
(4) Successfully pass an examination approved by the board.
(b) Those persons licensed by the board as a forester as of
the effective date of this section are not required to take the
examination.
NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to permit the Board of
Forestry to certify as a registered forester a person who completes
a four-year degree program or masters degree program in forest
management, accredited by the Society of American Foresters, or
other accrediting body as determined by the board.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.