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HB 2505 Duck blinds; allows use in certain localities & waters, & abolishes prohibited hunting in localities

Introduced by: James M. Shuler | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Erection of stationary duck blinds.  Gives the owners, their lessees or permittees of land west of Interstate Route 95 that is adjacent to the waters in Stafford, Prince William, and Fairfax, the exclusive privilege of erecting stationary blinds on their shoreline. Under this bill, which amends a 1928 Act of Assembly, they are also given the prior right to erect stationary blinds in the waters in front of their property. However, they forfeit the privilege and the prior right if they do not erect the blind by November 1. The 1928 law applies to land abutting waters in the three counties, as well as King George County, without distinction between locations east or west of I-95. This bill would increase the penalty to a Class 2 misdemeanor from the current fine of between $10 and $100 or confinement in jail for no more than a year, or both. The bill also repeals a 1942 Act of Assembly that prohibits hunting from floating blinds in the Counties of Caroline, King George, Essex, Westmoreland, and Richmond, and in several segments of the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers.


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