ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 4561
(By Delegates Butcher, Ferrell, Hrutkay,
Stemple, Wright and Boggs)
[
Passed March 13, 2004; in effect ninety days from passage.
]
AN ACT to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §20-2-5f, relating to
authorizing the director of the division of natural resources
to allow a nonresident to seasonally train dogs for coon
hunting, if the nonresident's state reciprocates for West
Virginia residents; and establishing the dog training season.
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 §20-2-5f, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-5f. Nonresident dog training for coon hunting; training
season.
Notwithstanding subdivision (24), section five of this article
or any other provision to the contrary, the director is authorized
to allow a nonresident to train dogs for coon hunting in West Virginia, if the state in which the nonresident resides allows
residents from West Virginia to train dogs for coon hunting. The
dog training season for a nonresident to train dogs for coon
hunting is from the fifteenth day of August of each year through
the legal small game hunting season.