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2015 SESSION

15102304D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1686
Offered January 14, 2015
Prefiled January 10, 2015
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29.1-318.1, relating to establishing a special permit to stock and sell fish.
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Patrons-- Fariss and Keam
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake 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 29.1-318.1 as follows:

§ 29.1-318.1. Special permit to stock and sell fish.

The Department shall establish a special permit to stock and sell fish propagated and raised in waters wholly located within the boundaries of a person's land. The special permit shall be issued upon application to the Department to the landowner whose property contains the body of water where the fish will be stocked. The fee for the special permit shall be based on the costs to the Department of developing and administering the special permit. The fish stocked in such private waters shall not be taken directly from state waters. The special permit shall be valid for two years and may be renewed by application to the Department.