Bill Text: VA HB95 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Bear hound training; allows training of dogs to hunt bears to occur from 4:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-13 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0226) [HB95 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB95-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 95 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled December 28, 2011 A BILL to amend and reenact §29.1-520 of the Code of Virginia, relating to times for training of bear hounds. ---------- Patron-- Wilt ---------- Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §29.1-520 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§29.1-520. Times for hunting.

A. Nonmigratory game birds and game animals may be hunted from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. Bears may be hunted without capturing or taking from one-half hour before sunrise until four and one-half hours after sunset by day or by night during bear hound training season.

B. Fur-bearing animals and nuisance species of birds and animals may be hunted by day or by night, except that muskrats may be hunted by day only.

C. A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.