Bill Text: VA HB175 | 2012 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Duck blinds; limits placement by riparian landowners in Back Bay.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-13 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227) [HB175 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-HB175-Engrossed.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §29.1-344 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §29.1-344. Stationary blinds on shore and in the public waters for owners of riparian rights. Each year, the owners of riparian rights, their lessees or
permittees shall have the exclusive privilege of licensing and erecting
stationary blinds on their shoreline, and the prior right of licensing and
erecting stationary blinds in the public waters in front of their shoreline, to
shoot waterfowl over the public waters. Such blinds shall not be located in
water having a depth greater than eight feet at mean high tide, nor shall they
be located further than halfway across the body of water from the riparian
owner's shoreline, except on the shores and waters of Back Bay in the City
of Virginia Beach where such blinds are limited to (i) the [ |