COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2671
(By Delegates Williams, Stemple, Everson, Stalnaker, Thompson,
Coleman and Collins)
(Originating in the Committee on Finance)
[March 5, 1999]
A BILL to amend article two, chapter twenty of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section five-e,
relating to the assessment of a fifty dollar fee as an
additional penalty for crimes involving the division of
natural resources' use of decoy animals.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter twenty of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
five-e, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-5e. Assessment fee for decoy animals.
Any person convicted for the violation of any law involving
the division of natural resources' use of a decoy animal shall,
in addition to any fines and costs for the criminal violation,
pay a fifty dollar assessment to the division of natural resources, law-enforcement. The assessment shall be collected by
the court in which the person is convicted and forwarded to the
division of natural resources, law-enforcement section. All
funds collected are to be placed in a special account and used
for (1) the purchase or repair of decoy animals; and (2) the
purchase of equipment for use with decoy animals.
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