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The state Supreme Court announced Friday
that it has refused to consider a petition that
sought to overturn West Virginia's
Sunday hunting law.
The court ruled 4 to 1 not to hear the state
Farm Bureau's request. The ruling means
elections will be held in at least 35 counties
on May 14th on whether Sunday hunting
should be banned on private property.
Farmers and land owners took the issue to court after the
state Division of Natural Resources
announced it would interpret the law to allow
Sunday hunting unless voters banned it.
Lawmakers contend when drafting the bill they
thought they were writing legislation that
allowed Sunday hunting only in counties that
approved it by referendum.
The Farm Bureau wanted the court to force
DNR Director Ed Hamrick to enforce the
law as lawmakers originally intended, or to
declare the law invalid.
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