Authorizing DNR Director to enter into certain agreements with federal agencies

SB 141 clarifies that the Director of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR), not the "Department of Natural Resources," has the authority to enter written agreements with federal agencies managing lands within West Virginia (such as national parks, forests, and Corps of Engineers projects). These agreements would allow federal employees working on those lands to be appointed as "special natural resources police officers" to enforce state laws on federal property. The bill specifies that these officers would have the same powers as DNR police but only within federal lands or for mutual aid with state officers outside those areas. It also confirms such federal officers would not receive state compensation for these duties.