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1999 SESSION
992432316Patrons-- Katzen, Black, Dudley, Howell, Kilgore, Sherwood and Weatherholtz; Senators: Miller, K.G. and Potts
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 on private property throughout any firearms deer
season, with the permission of the landowner. 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.