Bill Text: VA HB1247 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Coyotes or fur-bearing animals; prohibition of killing contests and competitions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-15 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources [HB1247 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HB1247-Introduced.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 29.1 a section numbered 29.1-509.1 as follows:
§29.1-509.1. Killing contests prohibited.
A. It shall be unlawful to organize, sponsor, promote, conduct, participate in, or solicit participation in a contest, organized competition, tournament, or derby in which participants are offered cash, prizes, or other inducements of monetary value to capture or kill coyotes or fur-bearing animals.
B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict coyote bounties as authorized pursuant to § 15.2-926.1. This section shall not apply to a bona fide field trial permitted pursuant to §29.1-422 or to a landowner shooting fur-bearing animals upon his own property pursuant to §29.1-517.
C. The remains of any coyote or fur-bearing animal killed during any activity prohibited by this section shall be forfeited, and the remains of such animal shall become the property of the Department.
