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2020 SESSION
20105271DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 29.1-113 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 29.1-113. Admittance, parking, and use at certain Department-owned facilities or Department-leased land; civil penalty.
A. No person shall make use of, gain admittance to, or attempt
to use or gain admittance to those certain any Department-owned facilities or
Department-managed facility or boat ramp
where the Department charges a fee established by the Board pursuant to §
29.1-103, unless the person pays such fee. However, such fee shall not apply to
(i) any person holding a valid hunting, trapping, or fishing permit, or a an access permit or current
certificate of boat registration issued by the Department,; (ii)
persons any person
16 years of age or younger,; or (iii)
the use of Department-owned boat ramps
any person who is a passenger in but not the
owner or operator of a paddlecraft or registered vessel.
B. No person shall hunt on private lands managed by the Department through a lease agreement or other similar memorandum of agreement where the Department issues an annual hunting stamp without having purchased a valid annual hunting stamp.
C. Any person violating subsections subsection A or B may, in lieu
of any criminal penalty, be assessed a civil penalty of up to $50 by the
Department. Civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the
Game Protection Fund established pursuant
to § 29.1-101.
D. No owner or driver shall cause or permit a vehicle to stand:
1. On property owned or managed by the Department outside of a designated parking spaces
space, except for a reasonable time in order to receive or
discharge passengers or in the case of an emergency;
2. In any designated parking space on property owned or managed by the Department in violation of any posted rule regarding use of the space; or
3. In any space on property owned or managed by the Department
designated for use by persons with disabilities unless the vehicle displays a
license plate or decal issued by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor
Vehicles, or a similar identification issued by a similar authority of another
state or the District of Columbia, which that authorizes parking in
such a designated space. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 29.1-554, any
regulation of the Board, or any other trespass provision in the Code of
Virginia, any no
person violating this subsection shall not
be subject to a criminal penalty. Any person violating this subsection may, in
lieu of any criminal penalty, be assessed a civil penalty of $25, which shall
be paid into the Game Protection Fund.