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CHAPTER 559 An Act to amend and reenact § 29.1-574 of the Code of Virginia, relating to snakehead fish; certified restaurants and retail markets. [H 1404] Approved March 30, 2018

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 29.1-574 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 29.1-574. Prohibitions.

A. No person shall knowingly import, possess, transport, sell, purchase, give, receive, or introduce into the Commonwealth any member of a species designated as a nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species without a permit from the Director issued pursuant to § 29.1-575.

B. Subsection A shall not apply to any person who (i) lawfully catches a snakehead fish of the family Channidae, (ii) subsequently kills such fish, and (iii) notifies the Department, as soon as practicable, of his actions.

C. Subsection A shall not apply to any Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan (21 C.F.R. 120 et seq.) certified restaurant or retail market that purchases from an HACCP certified dealer or sells processed snakehead fish of the family Channidae.