Bill Text: WV SCR63 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting Committee on Government Organization study potential economic benefits and regulatory challenges associated with certain outdoor recreational opportunities
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-12 - To House Rules [SCR63 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-SCR63-Introduced.html
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 63
(By Senators Maynard, Swope, Brown, Martin, Nelson, Smith, Stover, and Woodrum)
[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization; reported on March 10, 2022]
Requesting the Committee on Government Organization study the potential economic benefits and regulatory challenges associated with certain outdoor recreational opportunities on state-owned land, specifically including available federal funding, wildlife viewing stamps, dispersed camping, and vehicular access.
Whereas, Ensuring access to federal funding, such as federal funds available directly or through reimbursement under the Pittman-Robertson Act of 1937, and compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, raise issues that are complex and require further study; and
Whereas, Potentially allowing wildlife viewing stamps on state-owned property could have significant economic and recreational benefits, but also raises compliance issues surrounding the seasonal timing of access to property, such as whether it should be limited to a certain number of months a year for the general public; and whether physically impaired individuals may have year-round access for a Class Q/QQ hunting program; and
Whereas, Potentially allowing dispersed camping on state-owned property could have significant economic and recreational benefits to both West Virginia residents and tourists visiting West Virginia; and
Whereas, Ensuring access to the state-owned land on which wildlife viewing and dispersed camping would occur could be enhanced by identifying public roads that would provide access to those areas by surface type and further identifying the current feasibility of vehicular traffic on those roads; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Committee on Government Organization is hereby requested to study the potential economic benefits and regulatory challenges associated with certain outdoor recreational opportunities on state-owned land; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Committee on Government Organization report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2023, on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations, together with drafts of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this study, to prepare a report, and to draft necessary legislation be paid from legislative appropriations to the Committee on Government Organization.
