SB 87 — Allowing purchase of Class XS resident senior hunting, fishing and trapping licenses at age 65

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session IntroducedCommittee Substitute for Senate Bill 87 By Senators Karnes and Cline [Introduced[Originating Januaryin 10,the 2018;Committee on Government Organization;

ReferredReported on February 14, 2018]     A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-42x of the CommitteeCode onof NaturalWest Resources;Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing a person to purchase a Class XS resident senior hunting, fishing, and trapping license at the beginning of the year he or she becomes 65, if otherwise eligible.

and then to the Committee on Government Organization] A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-42x of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing a person to purchase a Class XS resident senior hunting, fishing and trapping license at the beginning of the year he or she becomes 65, if otherwise eligible.

§20-2-42x.  Class XS resident senior hunting, fishingfishing, and trapping license.

(a) A Class XS license is a resident senior hunting, fishingfishing, and trapping license and entitles the licensee to hunt and trap for all legal species of wild animals and wild birds, to fish for all legal species of fish and to take frogs in all counties of the state, except as prohibited by the rules of the Director orof Natural Resources Commission and when additional licenses, stampsstamps, or permits are required.  No additional fees shall may be required of Class XS licensees for a Class CS stamp or a Class O stamp.

(b) A Class XS licensee shall be is entitled to participate with the same privileges and subject to the same restrictions as a youth hunter in any special youth deer season established by the Natural Resources CommissionCommission. pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (b)(7), section 17, article one of this chapter.

(c) A Class XS license is required for residents or aliens lawfully residing in the United States who have been domiciled residents of West Virginia for a period of thirty30 consecutive days or more immediately prior to the date of their application for a license and who reach sixty-five65 years of age on or after January 1, 2012.

Beginning on January 1 of the year he or she becomes sixty-five65 or the date he or she meets the thirty-day30-day residency requirement, whichever occurs later, an applicant for a Class XS is eligible for the license.

(d) A Class XS license may be voluntarily purchased by residents or aliens lawfully residing in the United States and who have been domiciled residents of West Virginia for a period of thirty consecutive days or more immediately prior to the date of their application for a license and who reach sixty-five65 years of age on or before December 31, 2011, entitling those persons to the same privileges and subjecting them to the same restrictions as any Class XS licensee.

(f) (f) A Class XS license is valid for the lifetime of the purchaser without payment of additional fees for the privileges associated with the Class X license, Class CS stampstamp, and the Class O stamp.  This is a base license and does not require the purchase of a prerequisite license to participate in the activities specified in this section, except as noted.

(g) The Division of Natural Resources shall coordinate with the Department of Motor Vehicles to adopt and implement a program whereby the senior hunting license provided for in this section shall be identified by an appropriate decal, stickersticker, or other marking to be affixed to the drivers’ or chauffeurs’ license of such the person.

(h) On or before July 1 annually, the Division of Natural Resources shall file an annual report with the Joint Committee on Government and Finance describing its implementation of the senior license program as set forth in this section.  The report shall include the number of licenses issued, any increase in state funds as a result of the senior license created by this section, any federal funds received as a result of the implementation of the senior license created by this sectionsection, and the intended use of those funds.

The purpose of this bill is to allow a person to purchase a Class XS resident senior hunting, fishingfishing, and trapping license at the beginning of the year he or she becomes sixty-five,65, if otherwise eligible.

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