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19105382D
HOUSE BILL NO. 2252
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Head)
House Amendments in [ ] -- February 4, 2019
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29.1-528.3, relating to firearms ordinances; property located in multiple localities.

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 [ landowner's property contiguous parcel of land ] lies [ shall to ] apply to anyone hunting on any portion of the property [ . Any such hunter also shall follow all applicable state hunting laws and regulations. , and shall notify the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries of such election. ]