Bill Text: VA HB463 | 2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Boat ramps; removes authorization for Department of Wildlife Resources to charge a fee for use.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0034) [HB463 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HB463-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §29.1-113 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§29.1-113. Admittance, parking, and use at certain Department-owned facilities or Department-leased land; civil penalty.
A. No person shall make use of, gain admittance to, or attempt
to use or gain admittance to any certain Department-owned or
Department-managed facility or boat ramp facilities where the
Department charges a fee established by the Board pursuant to §29.1-103,
unless the person pays such fee. However, such fee shall not apply to (i) any
person holding a valid hunting, trapping, or fishing permit or an access
permit or current certificate of boat registration issued by the
Department; (ii) any person 16 years of age or younger; or (iii) any person
who is a passenger in but not the owner or operator of a paddlecraft or
registered vessel the use of Department-owned boat ramps.
B. No person shall hunt on private lands managed by the Department through a lease agreement or other similar memorandum of agreement where the Department issues an annual hunting stamp without having purchased a valid annual hunting stamp.
C. Any person violating subsection A or B may, in lieu of any criminal penalty, be assessed a civil penalty of up to $50 by the Department. Civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the Game Protection Fund established pursuant to §29.1-101.
D. No owner or driver shall cause or permit a vehicle to stand:
1. On property owned or managed by the Department outside of a designated parking space, except for a reasonable time in order to receive or discharge passengers or in the case of an emergency;
2. In any designated parking space on property owned or managed by the Department in violation of any posted rule regarding use of the space; or
3. In any space on property owned or managed by the Department designated for use by persons with disabilities unless the vehicle displays a license plate or decal issued by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, or a similar identification issued by a similar authority of another state or the District of Columbia, that authorizes parking in such a designated space. Notwithstanding the provisions of §29.1-554, any regulation of the Board, or any other trespass provision in the Code of Virginia, no person violating this subsection shall be subject to a criminal penalty. Any person violating this subsection may, in lieu of any criminal penalty, be assessed a civil penalty of $25, which shall be paid into the Game Protection Fund.
