12103479D
HOUSE BILL NO. 338
Offered January 11, 2012
Prefiled January 10, 2012
A BILL to amend and reenact § 29.1-305 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to Board of Game and Inland Fisheries' authority to
establish separate bear, deer, and turkey licenses.
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Patron-- Wilt
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 29.1-305 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§29.1-305. Special license for hunting bear, deer, and
turkey; authority of Board to create separate special license for bear, deer,
and turkey.
A. A special license is required for hunting bear, deer, and turkey in this the
Commonwealth, which shall be in addition to the license required to hunt other
game. The fee for the special license shall be $12 for a resident age 16 or
older, $7.50 for a resident under the age of 16, and $60 for a nonresident 16
years of age or older, $15 for a nonresident 12 years of age to 15 years of
age, and $12 for a nonresident younger than 12 years of age.
B. The Board may create a
separate special license licenses for the hunting of (i) bear, (ii)
deer, and (iii) turkey in this the Commonwealth. The fee for such a separate special license shall be $25 for
residents and $150 for nonresidents not exceed the amount charged to purchase a state
resident hunting license under subdivision 2 of §29.1-303 or to purchase a
state nonresident hunting license under subdivision 3 of §29.1-303. A person who obtains a separate special license for
hunting bear, deer, or turkey shall also be
required to obtain the state resident license or state nonresident license
pursuant to §29.1-303. If a separate special license licenses
to hunt bear is, deer, or
turkey are established by the Board, the special license required
in subsection A shall authorize the hunting of
deer and turkey only no longer be required.
C. The
license to hunt bear, deer,
and turkey or, if authorized by the Board, the license separate special licenses to
hunt bear, deer, or turkey may be obtained
from the clerk or agent of any county or city whose duty it is to sell hunting
licenses.
C. D. The Board may subsequently
revise the cost of licenses set forth in this section pursuant to §29.1-103.
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