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2008 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 365
Offered January 9, 2008
Prefiled January 8, 2008
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29.1-528.1, relating to prohibiting hunting of turkeys with a rifle; penalty.
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Patron-- Watkins
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 29.1-528.1 as follows:

§ 29.1-528.1. Localities may prohibit hunting of turkeys with rifle.

A. Any locality may prohibit by ordinance the hunting of a turkey using a rifle as defined in § 29.1-100.

B. Any person who violates the ordinance is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.