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HOUSE BILL NO. 684 Offered January 22, 1998 A BILL to amend and reenact § 28.2-302.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to saltwater recreational fishing licenses. ---------- Patrons-- Bloxom and Croshaw; Senator: Norment ---------- Referred to Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 28.2-302.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 28.2-302.1. Recreational license required.

On and after January 1, 1993, except in areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, in the waters of the ocean or eastern side of Virginia, and as provided in § 28.2-302.5, a person shall not take or catch fish with rod and reel or hand line or by spearing or gigging in the tidal waters of the Commonwealth under the jurisdiction of the Commission without first obtaining a saltwater recreational fishing license. The license required by this section and issued pursuant to §§ 28.2-302.2, 28.2-302.6, 28.2-302.7, 28.2-302.8, 28.2-302.9 or § 28.2-302.10 shall not be transferable.