ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 337
(By Senator Dittmar)
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[Introduced February 14, 1994;
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section eleven, article two, chapter
twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to sale of
wildlife; and transportation of same.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eleven, 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.
§20-2-11. Sale of wildlife; transportation of same.
No person, except those legally licensed to operate private
game preserves for the purpose of propagating game for commercial
purposes and those legally licensed to propagate or sell fish,
amphibians and other forms of aquatic life, shall purchase or
offer to purchase, sell or offer to sell, expose for sale, or
have in his possession for the purpose of sale any wildlife, orpart thereof, which has been designated as game animals, fur-
bearing animals, game birds, game fish or amphibians, or any of
the song or insectivorous birds of the state, or any other
species of wildlife which the director may designate:
Provided,
That pelts of game or fur-bearing animals taken during the legal
season may be sold, and, effective the first day of January, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-five, live red and gray fox taken
within this state during legal and established trapping seasons,
by legal methods, may be sold within the state
: Provided,
however, That hide, head, antlers and feet of a legally killed
deer and the hide, head, skull, organs and feet of a legally
killed black bear may be sold.
No person, including a common carrier, shall transport,
carry or convey, or receive for such purposes any wildlife, the
sale of which is prohibited, if such person knows or has reason
to believe that such wildlife has been or is to be sold in
violation of this section.
The selling or exposing for sale, having in possession for
sale, transporting or carrying in violation of this section shall
each constitute a separate misdemeanor offense. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this or any other section of this chapter, any
game birds or game bird meats sold by licensed retailers may be
served at any hotel, restaurant or other licensed eating place in
this state.
The director shall have authority to promulgate rules in
accordance with chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, dealing withthe sale of wildlife and the skins thereof.