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CHAPTER 830 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29.1-528.3, relating to firearms ordinances; property located in multiple localities. [H 2252] Approved April 3, 2019

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 29.1-528.3 as follows:

§ 29.1-528.3. Firearms ordinances; property in multiple localities.

When one or more contiguous parcels of land owned by a particular landowner span two or more localities whose firearms ordinances differ, the landowner may elect to have the firearms ordinances of the locality in which the largest portion of the contiguous parcel of land lies to apply to anyone hunting on any portion of the property, and shall notify the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries of such election.

2. That the provisions of the first enactment of this act shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2020 Session of the General Assembly.

3. That the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries shall study issues related to the application of inconsistent local firearm ordinances in situations where a single parcel of property or two or more contiguous parcels under the same ownership are located in more than one locality and shall report its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by the first day of the 2020 Regular Session.