Bill Text: WV HB3124 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: To allow non-resident students enrolled at West Virginia colleges and universities to purchase their hunting and fishing licenses at the resident rate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-27 - To House Agriculture and Natural Resources [HB3124 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2023-HB3124-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2023 regular session
Introduced
House Bill Number
By Delegates Dean, Toney, Longanacre, Horst, Worrell, Foggin, Foster, and Bridges
[Introduced January 27, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §20-2-43, relating to permitting non-resident students enrolled at West Virginia colleges and universities to purchase their hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses at the residential rate.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2. wildlife resources.
§20-2-43. Nonresident students at West Virginia colleges and universities classification.
Students who are enrolled at West Virginia colleges and universities in this state, including community and technical colleges and universities, shall be permitted to purchase hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses at the residential rate provided in this article for the duration of their enrollment at that college or university. The director of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources shall implement the provisions of this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit non-resident students enrolled at West Virginia colleges and universities to purchase their hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses at the residential rate.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
