West Virginia Code 20-2-42o – Class O resident and Class OO nonresident trout fishing stamp
A Class O stamp is a resident trout fishing stamp. A Class OO stamp is a nonresident trout fishing stamp. These stamps entitle the licensee to fish for trout in all counties of the state, except as prohibited by rules of the director or Natural Resources Commission. The fee for a Class O stamp is $10 and the fee for a Class OO stamp is $15. The revenue derived from the sale of these stamps shall be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to the Division of Natural Resources and shall be used and paid out, upon order of the director, for state trout program expenses. These stamps, issued in a form prescribed by the director, shall be in addition to a Class AB-L, B, B-L, F, L, LL, X, XJ or XXJ license or Class Q permit. These stamps require that the licensee purchase the appropriate base license before participating in the activities specified in this section, except as noted.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 20-2-42o
- Commission: means the Natural Resources Commission. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
- Director: means the Director of the Division of Natural Resources. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
- Nonresident: means any person who is a citizen of the United States and who has not been a domiciled resident of the State of West Virginia for a period of thirty consecutive days immediately prior to the date of his or her application for a license or permit except any full-time student of any college or university of this state, even though he or she is paying a nonresident tuition. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
- Resident: means any person who is a citizen of the United States and who has been a domiciled resident of the State of West Virginia for a period of thirty consecutive days or more immediately prior to the date of his or her application for license or permit. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- to fish: means the taking, by any means, of fish, minnows, frogs or other amphibians, aquatic turtles and other forms of aquatic life used as fish bait. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2