SB75 SUB1
Senate Bill 75 History
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 75
(
By
Senator White)
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[Originating in the Committee on Natural Resources;
reported February 19, 2004.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-44b of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to increasing the cost of a bear
damage stamp from four to ten dollars; and expanding the
purposes for which the proceeds from a bear damage stamp may
be used.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §20-2-44b
of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-44b. Bear damage stamp; proceeds to be paid into bear
damage fund; purposes, etc.
Any hunter licensed to hunt bear in this state shall in addition to a hunting license of either Class A, or AB, in the case
of a resident, or C, E, EE, L, LL or M, in the case of a
nonresident, have a bear damage stamp which shall be issued by the
department of natural resources and which shall be sold at places
where hunting and fishing licenses are sold. Effective January 1,
2005, the The fee for a bear damage stamp shall be four ten
dollars. and All proceeds from the sale of such bear damage stamps
shall be paid into the bear damage fund which shall be maintained
by the department of natural resources for the purposes of paying
claims of property owners for damages to real and personal property
caused by acts of bear, and to cover the expense of hunting,
capturing and removing an offending bear to remote areas, and for
black bear research programs within this state.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the cost of the
bear damage stamp from four to ten dollars and expand the purposes
for which the proceeds from the bear damage stamp may be used.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.