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HOUSE BILL NO. 828 Offered January 11, 2006 Prefiled January 10, 2006 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3.1-796.70:1, relating to using animals as prize or inducement. ---------- Patron-- Welch ---------- 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 3.1-796.70:1 as follows:

§ 3.1-796.70:1.  Using animals as prize or inducement.

No person or vendor at any carnival midway shall give away any live animal as a prize for or as an inducement to enter any contest, or game of skill or chance.  No person or vendor will sell, or offer to sell, any live animal in conjunction with any contest or game of chance or skill.

For purposes of this section, "midway" is defined as the section of a fair or carnival providing the amusement rides and games.