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2014 SESSION
14101902DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 29.1-200 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 29.1-200. Appointment of conservation police officers.
A. The
Director shall appoint regular and special conservation police officers as he
may deem necessary to enforce the game and inland fish laws and shall issue a
certificate of appointment to each conservation police officer. Any special
conservation police officer initially appointed after October 1, 2009, shall
have a valid registration as a Special Conservator of the Peace from the
Department of Criminal Justice Services.
B. All appointments to sworn
law-enforcement positions above the rank of conservation police officer within
the Department shall be made by the Director of the Department from among the
sworn conservation police officers, except for those positions designated in
subdivision 20 of § 2.2-2905, or whenever the Director determines, in writing,
that a position requires knowledge, skills, or abilities such that a sufficient
pool of qualified candidates does not exist within the Department.