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2010 SESSION


CHAPTER 822
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29.1-302.01, relating to creating a special fishing license for disabled active duty military personnel.
[H 128]
Approved April 21, 2010

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 29.1-302.01 as follows:

§ 29.1-302.01. Special fishing license for disabled active duty military personnel.

Any resident or nonresident who is (i) on active duty military service, (ii) disabled due to service-connected disability, and (iii) receiving inpatient or outpatient medical treatment from a hospital located in Virginia, an adjoining state, or the District of Columbia may apply for and shall receive from the Department a nontransferable state license to fish as required by subsections A and B of § 29.1-310. This license shall be issued at no cost and shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance. The holder of the license shall not be eligible to receive a subsequent license issued under this section.