Bill Text: VA HB315 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Conservation police officers; certain officers of Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-02-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041) [HB315 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB315-Comm_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 315 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources on January 27, 2016) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Orrock) A BILL authorizing benefits to certain conservation police officers.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. Any conservation police officer who (i) has at least 20 years of service as a conservation police officer, (ii) was a full-time sworn conservation police officer immediately prior to January 1, 2016, and (iii) was transitioned to a civilian position on January 1, 2016, by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries shall be considered a retired law-enforcement officer for the purposes of §§9.1-1000, 18.2-308, 18.2-308.03, and 59.1-148.3.