Bill Text: VA HB449 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Unlawful hunting, fishing, or trapping; prohibition upon conviction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311) [HB449 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB449-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§29.1-338, 29.1-530.2, 29.1-546, and 29.1-550 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§29.1-338. Revocation of license and privileges; penalties.
If any person is found guilty of violating (i) any of the
provisions of the hunting, trapping, or inland fish laws, any provisions
provision of §§15.2-915.2,
15.2-1209.1, 18.2-131 through 18.2-136 and, or §§
18.2-285 through 18.2-286.1, or any regulations regulation adopted by the
Board pursuant thereto, a second time within three years of a previous conviction
of violating any such law or regulation, or (ii) any
provisions provision
of law or ordinance governing the dumping of refuse, trash,
or other litter,
while engaged in hunting, trapping,
or fishing, such license and privileges shall be revoked by the court trying
the case and that such person shall not apply
for a new license or exercise such privileges until 12 months succeeding the
date of conviction. The court may also prohibit the convicted person from
hunting, fishing, or trapping in the Commonwealth for a period of one to five
years. If found hunting, trapping,
or fishing during this such prohibited period, the
person shall be is
guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and may also
be prohibited by the court from hunting, fishing,
or trapping for an additional period of one to five years.
Licenses revoked shall be sent to the Director.
§29.1-530.2. Unlawfully killing bear; penalty.
Any person who kills or attempts to kill a bear in violation
of any provision of this article or of a any regulation adopted
thereunder shall be is
guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and may also be
prohibited by the court from hunting, trapping, or fishing in the Commonwealth
for a period of one to five years.
§29.1-546. General penalty.
Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this title shall, unless otherwise specified, be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and may also be prohibited by the court from hunting, trapping, or fishing in the Commonwealth for a period of one to five years.
§29.1-550. Taking game or fish during closed season or exceeding bag limit.
It shall be is unlawful for any person to
(i) take, or attempt to take, any wild bird, wild animal, or fish during the closed
season,;
(ii) exceed the bag or creel limit for any wild bird, wild animal, or fish,; or (iii) possess over the
daily bag or creel limit for any wild bird, wild
animals animal,
or fish while in the forests, fields,
or waters of the Commonwealth. Any person convicted of violating any provisions
of this section shall be is
guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and may also be
prohibited by the court from hunting, trapping, or fishing in the Commonwealth
for a period of one to five years.
