Source: http://wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3020%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=3020
Timestamp: 2019-07-24 05:54:51
Document Index: 491864870

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Committee Substitute House Bill 3020 History
House Bill 3020
By Delegates Harshbarger, Howell, Cowles, Ambler, Boggs, Paynter, Atkinson, Kessinger, Eldridge, Statler and Overington
[Reported February 2, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, and to amend and reenact §20-7-9 of said code, relating to unlawful acts in natural resources law generally; unlawful methods of hunting and fishing and other unlawful acts; catching, taking, killing or attempting to catch, take or kill any fish by any means within two hundred feet of agency personnel stocking fish into public waters; creating a misdemeanor for violations thereof; and providing for criminal penalties for such violations; criminal penalties for the offense of hunting, trapping or fishing on the lands of another person; criminal penalties for the offense of entering on to posted lands; criminal penalties for the offense of destroying posted land signs; setting those criminal penalties for such offenses to be equivalent to those of the offense of criminal trespass, including for conviction of subsequent offenses of the same; and making technical changes.
(C) A person carrying a firearm pursuant to sections §20-2-6 six and six-a of this article Code; or
(D) A person carrying a firearm for self-defense who is not prohibited from possessing firearms by section seven, article seven, chapter sixty-one §61-7-7 of this Code;
(17) Use dynamite, explosives or any poison in any waters of the state for the purpose of killing or taking fish. Any person violating this subdivision is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned confined for not less than six months nor more than three years, or both fined and imprisoned confined;
(19) Have a crossbow in the woods or fields, or use a crossbow to hunt for, take or attempt to take any wildlife except as otherwise provided in sections five-g §20-2-5g and forty-two-w §20-2-42w of this article Code;
(24) Conduct or participate in a trial, including a field trial, shoot-to-retrieve field trial, water race or wild hunt: Provided, That any person, group of persons, club or organization may hold a trial upon obtaining a permit pursuant to section fifty-six §20-2-56 of this article Code. The person responsible for obtaining the permit shall prepare and keep an accurate record of the names and addresses of all persons participating in the trial and make the records readily available for inspection by any natural resources police officer upon request;
(26) Hunt on public lands on Sunday after five o’clock ante meridian; and
(27) Hunt or conduct hunts for a fee when the person is not physically present in the same location as the wildlife being hunted within West Virginia; or
(b) Notwithstanding any ballot measure relating to Sunday hunting, it is lawful to hunt throughout the State of West Virginia on private lands on Sundays after the hour of five o’clock ante meridian with the written consent of the private landowner pursuant to §20-2-7 section seven, article two of this chapter Code.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or rules promulgated under the provisions of this chapter, the punishment for which is not prescribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall for each offense be fined not less than $20 nor more than $300 or confined in jail not less than ten or more than one hundred days, or be both fined and imprisoned within the limitations aforesaid and, in the case of a violation by a corporation, every officer or agent thereof directing or engaging in such violation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the same penalties and punishment as herein provided: Provided, That any person violating subdivision (3), section five, article two, §20-2-7, §20-2-8, or §20-2-10 of this chapter Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of a first offense thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 and or shall be imprisoned confined for not less than ten days nor more than one hundred days, or both fined and confined. A person who is convicted of a second offense of violation of the aforementioned sections is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or shall be confined for not less than ten days nor more than one hundred days, or both fined and confined. A person who is convicted of a third and subsequent offense of violation of the aforementioned sections is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $1,500 or shall be confined for not less than ten days nor more than one hundred days, or both fined and confined: Provided, however, That any person who is in violation of section twenty-seven, article two of this chapter as a result of their failure to have a valid Class E nonresident hunting and trapping license, as defined by section forty-two-d §20-2-42d of this article Code, or a valid Class EE nonresident bear hunting license, as defined by section forty-two-e §20-2-42e of this article Code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $250 nor more than $500, or confined in jail not less than ten nor more than one hundred days, or both fined and imprisoned: Provided further, That any person who is in violation of section twenty-seven, article two §20-2-27 of this chapter Code as a result of their failure to have a Class F nonresident fishing license, as defined by section forty-two-f §20-2-42f of this article Code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, fined not less than $100 nor more than $300 or confined in jail not less than ten nor more than one hundred days, or both fined and imprisoned: And provided further, That any person violating any parking or speeding regulations as promulgated by the director on any state parks, state forests, public hunting and fishing areas and all other lands and waters owned, leased or under the control of the Division of Natural Resources shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $2 nor more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than ten days, or both fined and imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create a misdemeanor and criminal penalties for fishing within 200 feet of agency personnel while stocking fish into public waters and to provide that the penalty for hunting, trapping or fishing on the lands of another, entering upon posted lands, or destroying posted land signs shall be equivalent to the penalty for criminal trespass.