ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 357
(Senator Laird, original sponsor)
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[Passed March 10, 2011; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact §20-2-21 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to reporting beaver and otter
taken, tagged and checked.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §20-2-21 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-21. Reporting beaver and otter pelts taken and tagged.
Each trapper shall present each beaver and otter, or each
pelt, to a game checking station or representative of the division
within thirty days after the close of a legal season. A tag
provided by the division shall be affixed to each beaver and otter,
or each pelt and remain attached to the animal or pelt until it is
processed into commercial fur.