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1996 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 56
Offered January 10, 1996
A BILL to amend and reenact the first enactment of Chapter 235 of the Acts of Assembly of 1993 and to repeal Chapter 56 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, relating to hunting with a rifle in Hanover County.
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Patrons-- Bolling; Delegate: Hargrove
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Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the first enactment of Chapter 235 of the Acts of Assembly of 1993 is amended and reenacted as follows:

It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt deer with a rifle, at any time, in the Counties of Surry, Hanover and Prince George.

However, a landowner or lessee or any other person designated by the game warden may kill deer with a rifle if he has obtained a permit issued pursuant to § 29.1-529.

Any person violating the foregoing provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

2. That Chapter 56 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944 is repealed.