Bill Text: VA HB137 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Feral hogs; employees of DGIF & federal agencies allowed to hunt or kill from aircraft, etc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0116) [HB137 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB137-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 116
An Act to authorize the shooting of feral hogs in False Cape State Park and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
[H 137]
Approved March 1, 2016

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That notwithstanding §5.1-17 of the Code of Virginia, employees of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and employees of federal agencies whose responsibilities include fisheries and wildlife management, in the performance of such employees' official duties, may hunt or kill feral hogs in False Cape State Park and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge from aircraft, with the permission of the landowner. However, no such activity shall occur during waterfowl season.

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