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2010 SESSION

10101189D
SENATE BILL NO. 398
Senate Amendments in [ ] -- January 20, 2010
A BILL to amend and reenact § 28.2-106.1 and to repeal the second enactment of Chapter 554 of the Acts of Assembly of 2007, relating to enforcement of federal security and safety zones.
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Patron Prior to Engrossment--Senator Wagner
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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 § 28.2-106.1 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 28.2-106.1. Patrol and enforcement of federal safety zones and restricted areas.

Pursuant to federal authorization or upon request from a federal agency, the Virginia Marine Police  [  , conservation police officers of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries,  ] and the marine patrol divisions of police departments located in Tidewater Virginia may patrol and enforce all federal security zones, federal safety zones, and federal restricted areas located within the tidal waters of the Commonwealth .

2.  That the second enactment of Chapter 554 of the Acts of Assembly of 2007 is repealed.