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2015 SESSION
15103790DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 29.1-501 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 29.1-501. Promulgation of regulations; feeding of wildlife; publication of proposed regulations or change therein; validation; evidentiary nature of publication.
A. The Board may promulgate regulations pertaining to the
hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, and
transportation of any wild bird, wild animal, or inland water fish, and the feeding of any game, game animals, or
fur-bearing animals as defined in § 29.1-100, or the feeding of any wildlife that results in property damage,
endangers any person or wildlife, or creates a public health concern. The Board shall
allow the feeding of any game, game
animals or fur-bearing animals on privately-owned land during the
open and closed seasons for hunting or trapping of wildlife.
B. The full text or an informative summary of any proposed
regulation or change in the regulations shall be published not less than fifteen 15
nor more than thirty 30 days before it may be acted
upon. The publication shall name the time and place that the specified matters
will be taken up, at which time any interested citizen shall be heard. If the
proposed regulation or change in the regulations is of local application, the
publication shall appear in a newspaper published in or within reasonable
proximity to the affected locality. However, if the proposed regulation or
change in the regulations is of statewide application, the publication shall be
made in a sufficient number of newspapers having a general circulation
throughout the entire Commonwealth.
C. A copy of proposed regulations or a change in the regulations, of either local application or statewide application, shall be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations pursuant to § 2.2-4031.
D. Prima facie evidence of any regulation may be given in all courts and proceedings by the production of a copy of the regulation, which shall be certified by the Director or his deputy.