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2015 SESSION
15105301DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 29.1-417 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 29.1-417. Capturing, holding, propagating, and disposing of wildlife for authorized purposes.
A. The fee for a permit to capture, hold, propagate, and dispose of wildlife for purposes authorized by the Board shall be an amount sufficient to defray the costs of processing the permit and administering the permitted activity. However, in no instance shall the fees established by the Board exceed the following:
1. For endangered species, scientific collection and wildlife holder, $20 per year; and
2. For all other such permits, $50 per year.
B. The Board shall establish a permit shall
also to authorize the permittee to artificially raise trout or,
catfish, or largemouth bass and other members of the sunfish family for
sale from a privately owned facility where. Where the permittee
allows public fishing from its facilities. If this, if the fee
provided for in subsection A has been paid, no license shall be required to
fish from such a facility.
B. C. The Board shall establish standards for
the possession and display of wildlife by elementary or secondary school
teachers for educational purposes. No permit fee or application shall be
required, and such display shall be deemed to be permitted so long as
notification of the display is made to the Department and the exhibit is in
compliance with the standards established by the Board. The Board's standards
may include species permitted to be possessed and displayed, caging and
enclosure requirements, prohibitions on release of wildlife, and notification
requirements in the case of wildlife sickness or escape.