House 5323

WEST virginia legislature

2026 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 5323

By Delegates Foggin, Heckert, and Hott

[Introduced February 09, 2026; referred to the Committee on Government Organization]

A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-42 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to indexing of license and stamp fees; and continuing the authority to index license and stamp fees.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2.  WILDLIFE RESOURCES.

§20-2-42.  Effective date and indexing Indexing of license and stamp fees.

The director may propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code, changing any license or stamp fee set forth in this article or in §20-2B-1 et seq. of this code. All increases in license and stamp fees in this article or in §20-2B-1 et seq. of this code, set forth in rule, shall be computed in a manner that indexes the increases to the Consumer Price Index (All Items) published by the United States Department of Labor rounded down to the nearest dollar. Provided, That no fee increase resulting from increases in the Consumer Price Index (All Items) may be made after January 1, 2021

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the director of Natural Resources to propose legislative rules changing indexing of license and stamp fees.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.