Bill Text: VA HB115 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Disabled veterans; special hunting and fishing licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-02 - Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) [HB115 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HB115-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§29.1-302 and 29.1-302.02 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§29.1-302. Special license for certain resident disabled veterans.
Any resident veteran who is
totally and permanently disabled due to a service-connected disability
as certified is rated
by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as
having at least a 50 percent service-connected disability
may apply for and receive at no cost from the Department a nontransferable
license pursuant to 4VAC15-20-65, valid for life, permitting the veteran to
hunt and freshwater fish, or to hunt only or to freshwater fish only, depending
on which license is purchased, on any property in the Commonwealth according to
restrictions and regulations of law. However, this license shall not entitle
the owner to fish in designated waters stocked with trout by the Department or
other public body.
§29.1-302.02. Special nonresident hunting and fishing licenses for partially disabled veterans.
A. Any resident nonresident veteran who is
rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as having at least a 70
percent service-connected disability, upon certification, shall pay an amount
equal to one-half the fee for the state
resident basic hunting license required by subdivision 2 of §29.1-303. Any
nonresident veteran who is similarly rated, upon certification, shall pay an
amount equal to one-half the fee for the state nonresident license required by subdivision 3 of §
29.1-303. The license fees established by this section may be revised by the
Board pursuant to §29.1-103.
B. Any resident nonresident veteran who is
rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as having at least a 70
percent service-connected disability, upon certification, shall pay an amount
equal to one-half the fee for the state resident basic fishing
license required by subdivision A 2 of §29.1-310. Any nonresident veteran who
is similarly rated, upon certification, shall pay an amount equal to one-half
the fee for the state nonresident
license required by subdivision A 3 of §29.1-310. The license fees established
by this section may be revised by the Board pursuant to §29.1-103.