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2015 SESSION
15103502DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 29.1-300.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 29.1-300.1. Certification of competence in hunter education.
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section and §§
29.1-300.4 and 29.1-305.2, no hunting license shall be issued to (i) a person
who has never obtained a license to hunt in any state or country, or (ii) a
person who is under the age of sixteen 16, unless such a person
presents to the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries or one of its authorized
license vendors, a certificate of completion in hunter education issued or
authorized by the Board under the hunter education program, or proof that he
holds the equivalent certificate obtained from an authorized agency or
association of another state or country.
B. Although a resident under the age of twelve 12 is not required to obtain a
license to hunt, any person under the age of twelve 12, or an individual on his
behalf, may purchase a Virginia hunting license or a junior lifetime hunting
license pursuant to § 29.1-302.1, without completing a hunter education program
as required in subsection A of this section, provided that no person under the
age of twelve 12
shall hunt unless accompanied and directly supervised by an adult who has, on
his person, a valid Virginia hunting license. The junior lifetime hunting
license issued to an individual under the age of twelve 12 shall become invalid on the
individual's twelfth birthday and remain invalid until certification of
competence in hunter education is shown as provided in this section. A lifetime
license, indicating the completion of hunter education or an equivalent
certificate, shall be reissued at no cost when such proof is provided.
The adult shall be responsible for such supervision. For the
purposes of this section, "adult" means the parent or legal guardian
of the person under age twelve 12, or such person over the
age of eighteen 18
designated by the parent or legal guardian.
"Accompanied and directly supervised" means that the adult is within sight of
the person under the age of twelve a person
over the age of 18 maintains close visual and
verbal contact with, provides adequate direction to, and can immediately assume
control of the firearm, bow, or crossbow from the person
under the age of 12.
C. This section shall not apply to persons while on horseback hunting foxes with hounds but without firearms.