WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4675
[Introduced February 04,
2020; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code
of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated
§20-2-56b, relating to permitting persons who routinely shoot or discharge
firearms at a public shooting range to assist in its maintenance and upkeep;
defining a term; and requiring rule-making.
Be it enacted by the
Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE
RESOURCES.
§20-2-56b. Public
shooting ranges; maintenance by the public.
(a) For the purposes of
this section, “public shooting ranges” are those shooting ranges that are owned
and operated by the Division of Natural Resources for the benefit of the
public.
(b) The division shall
permit persons who routinely shoot or discharge firearms at a public shooting
range in the manner prescribed by the director to also have full and regular
access to that range facility for the purpose of maintaining the facility.
(c) The maintenance
shall be coordinated through the local ranger or superintendent and executed to
the division’s standards. The division shall reimburse those persons who
maintain range facilities only for the documented costs of materials used in
the maintenance.
(d) The director shall
propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq.
of this code to implement this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is
to permit persons who routinely shoot or discharge firearms at a public
shooting range to assist in its maintenance and upkeep. The bill defines a
term, and requires rule-making.
Strike-throughs indicate language
that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring
indicates new language that would be added.