H. B. 4501
(By Delegates Proudfoot, Ennis, Anderson, Damron, Kelley,
Williams and Evans)
(Originating in the House Committee on Agriculture
and Natural Resources)
[February 19, 1998]
A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty-eight, article two,
chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to requiring
that resident hunters sixty-five years and older shall not
be required to have a license to hunt, trap or fish during
legal season; requiring that resident hunters sixty-five
years and older carry a valid West Virginia drivers license
or nondriver picture identification card issued by the
division of motor vehicles; no longer requiring a card
issued by the director of the division of natural resources.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section section twenty-eight, article two, chapter
twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. Wildlife Resources.
§20-2-28. When licenses or permits not required.
In accordance with the provisions of section twenty-seven [§
20-2-27] of this article, any resident sixty-five years of age or
older shall not be required to have a license to hunt, trap or
fish during the legal seasons in West Virginia, but in lieu of
such license any such person shall at all times while hunting,
trapping or fishing, carry on his or her person a card issued by
the director valid West Virginia drivers license or non-driver
picture identification card issued by the division of motor
vehicles. stating his name, address, and date of birth.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement
that a resident hunter, trapper and/or fisher 65 years or older
carry a division identification card. A valid West Virginia
drivers license will be sufficient to establish valid hunting,
trapping and fishing privileges for a resident 65 or older.
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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