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1997 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 880
Offered January 22, 1996
A BILL to amend and reenact § 29.1-600.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to regulation of shooting preserves.
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Patron-- Diamonstein
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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 § 29.1-600.1of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 29.1-600.1. Board to promulgate regulations.

The Board shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, requirements for the licensing and operation of all shooting preserves located within this Commonwealth, including, but not limited to, shooting preserves in which pen-raised mallard ducks are released. In promulgating such regulations the Board shall follow the procedure established in §§ 29.1-501 through 29.1-504. The Department may recover from the licensee actual costs incurred by the Department for investigating or disposing of shooting preserve animals that exhibit disease or are not properly confined in violation of Board regulations.