Bill Text: WV HB2578 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Allowing children in the custody of the state in any foster home, group home or other facility or residence to hunt and fish without a license

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-22 - To House Agriculture and Natural Resources [HB2578 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2019-HB2578-Introduced.html

WEST virginia Legislature

2019 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2578

By Delegate Rodighiero

[Introduced January 22, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance.
]

A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-27 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing children in the custody of the state in any foster home, group home or other facility or residence to hunt and fish without a license.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:


ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.


§20-2-27. Necessity for license.

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, no resident who has reached his or her fifteenth birthday and who has not reached his or her sixty-fifth birthday before January 1, 2012 and no nonresident shall may at any time take, hunt, pursue, trap for, kill or chase any wild animals, wild birds, or fish for, take, kill or catch any fish, amphibians or aquatic life of any kind whatsoever in this state without first having secured a license or permit and then only during the respective open seasons, except that a license is not required for these activities when conducted by:

(A) A resident who has not reached his or her 15th birthday and who has not reached his or her 65th birthday before January 1, 2012;

(B) A resident who has reached his or her 65th birthday before January 1, 2012; and

(C) A resident who has not reached his or her 18th birthday and is in custody of the state in any foster home, group home or other facility or residence.

(2) A nonresident who has not reached his or her 15th birthday may fish for, take, kill or catch any fish, amphibians or aquatic life of any kind whatsoever in this state without first having secured a license or permit.

(3) A person under the age of 15 years shall may not hunt or chase any wild animals or wild birds upon lands of another unless accompanied by a licensed adult.

(b) A resident or nonresident member of any club, organization or association or persons owning or leasing a game preserve or fish preserve, plant or pond in this state shall not hunt or fish therein without first securing a license or permit as required by law: Provided, That resident landowners or their resident children, or bona fide resident tenants of land, may, without a permit or license, hunt and fish on their own land during open seasons in accordance with laws and rules applying to such hunting and fishing unless the lands have been designated as a wildlife refuge or preserve.

(c) Licenses and permits shall be of the kinds and classes set forth in this article and shall be conditioned upon the payment of the fees established for the licenses and permits.


 

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow children in the custody of the state in any foster home, group home or other facility or residence to hunt and fish without a license.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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