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1996 SESSION

960048202
HOUSE BILL NO. 843
Offered January 22, 1996
A BILL to amend and reenact § 29.1-521.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to impeding fishing; penalty.
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Patron-- Deeds
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Referred to Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 29.1-521.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 29.1-521.1. Willfully impeding hunting or trapping; penalty.

A. It shall be unlawful to willfully and intentionally impede the lawful hunting or trapping of wild birds or wild animals or the lawful fishing for any species of fish.

B. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.