Bill Text: VA HB1686 | 2015 | Regular Session | Chaptered

Virginia House Bill 1686 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Fish; DGIF shall establish a special permit.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463) [HB1686 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2015-HB1686-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 463 An Act to amend and reenact § 29.1-417 of the Code of Virginia, relating to a special permit to stock and sell fish. [H 1686] Approved March 23, 2015

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 29.1-417 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§29.1-417. Capturing, holding, propagating, and disposing of wildlife for authorized purposes.

A. The fee for a permit to capture, hold, propagate, and dispose of wildlife for purposes authorized by the Board shall be an amount sufficient to defray the costs of processing the permit and administering the permitted activity. However, in no instance shall the fees established by the Board exceed the following:

1. For endangered species, scientific collection and wildlife holder, $20 per year; and

2. For all other such permits, $50 per year.

B. The Board shall establish a permit ~~shall also~~ to authorize the permittee to artificially raise trout or, catfish, or largemouth bass and other members of the sunfish family for sale from a privately owned facility ~~where~~. Where the permittee allows public fishing from its facilities~~. If this~~, if the fee provided for in subsection A has been paid, no license shall be required to fish from such a facility.

B. C. The Board shall establish standards for the possession and display of wildlife by elementary or secondary school teachers for educational purposes. No permit fee or application shall be required, and such display shall be deemed to be permitted so long as notification of the display is made to the Department and the exhibit is in compliance with the standards established by the Board. The Board's standards may include species permitted to be possessed and displayed, caging and enclosure requirements, prohibitions on release of wildlife, and notification requirements in the case of wildlife sickness or escape.