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2005 SESSION


CHAPTER 233
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29.1-739.2, relating to requiring game wardens to patrol lakes.
[S 1197]
Approved March 20, 2005

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 29.1-739.2 as follows:

§ 29.1-739.2. Game wardens to patrol lakes.

The Department shall have at least one game warden whose primary responsibility shall be to patrol during the daylight hours from Memorial Day through Labor Day in the waters of those Virginia lakes that (i) are of a size comparable to or greater than Smith Mountain Lake and (ii) have a comparable number of reported boating accidents during the last five years as Smith Mountain Lake.