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1999 SESSION
983210316Patrons-- Katzen, Baker, Dudley, Howell, Kilgore, Landes, Sherwood and Weatherholtz; Senator: Miller, K.G.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 29.1-521.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 29.1-521.3. Shooting wild birds and wild animals from stationary vehicles by disabled persons.
Any person, upon application to a game warden and the presentation of a medical
doctor's written statement based on a physical examination that such person is
permanently unable to walk due to impaired mobility, may, in the discretion of
the game warden, be issued a permit to shoot wild birds and wild animals from a
stationary automobile or other vehicle during established open hunting seasons
and in accordance with other laws and regulations. Such permit shall
allow the person to hunt antlerless
deer throughout any
firearms deer season. Permits issued pursuant to
this section shall (i) be issued on a form provided by the Department, (ii) not
authorize shooting from a stationary vehicle less than 50 fifty
feet from nor in or across any public road or highway subject to the
provisions of § 29.1-526, (iii) be issued for the lifetime of the
permittee and be issued only to those persons who are properly licensed to
hunt, and (iv) be nontransferable. Any permit found in the possession of any
person not entitled to such permit shall be subject to confiscation by a game
warden.