The Subcommittee on Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism met this afternoon.
Markup & Passage
House Bill 4121 requires county commissions to provide ambulance services to all residents and to submit a yearly report by September 1 to the Office of Emergency Medical Services on the funds expended the prior year for emergency ambulance services. The bill was reported to the Committee on Government Organization.
House Bill 4355 creates the “upland game bird” stamp to be administered by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Upland game birds include ruffed grouse, bobwhite quail, ring-necked pheasant, woodcock, and snipe. The stamp cost would be $10. The bill advanced to the Committee on Government Organization.
Committee Hearing
House Bill 4386 removes age limitations for people employed for firefighting services.
House Bill 4424 permits landowners or lessees of land whose land is damaged by deer or other wildlife to hire a third party to kill the deer or other wildlife by bow and arrow.
House Bill 4493 creates the West Virginia Abolishment of Wholesaling Act. Wholesaling is the purchasing of real property with the intent to transfer or sell the contractual rights to a third party for a fee, without the wholesaler taking legal title to the property.
