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HOUSE BILL NO. 401 Offered January 14, 2004 Prefiled January 12, 2004 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29.1-527.1, relating to the feeding of migratory and nonmigratory waterfowl; penalty. ---------- Patrons-- Amundson and Watts ---------- Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 29.1-527.1 as follows:

§ 29.1-527.1. Localities may prohibit feeding of migratory and nonmigratory waterfowl.

Any locality may prohibit by ordinance the feeding of migratory and nonmigratory waterfowl within its political boundaries. The terms "migratory" and "nonmigratory" waterfowl shall include those waterfowl delineated in the regulations of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The penalty for violating such an ordinance is a Class 4 misdemeanor.