Monday, October 13, 2008
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HB2020: National Forest Stamp; changes term thereof to one year from date of purchase.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 29.1-328 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 29.1-328. Term of licenses and permits.
A. Until the Department has implemented an automated point-of-sale licensing system, hunting and trapping licenses and permits, including those issued pursuant to § 29.1-302, shall be valid from July 1 of each year or their later date of purchase, to June 30 of the following year, unless sooner revoked. Upon implementation of such a system, hunting and trapping licenses and permits shall be valid for one year from their date of purchase, except those licenses issued pursuant to § 29.1-305, which shall be valid from July 1 of each year or their later date of purchase, to June 30 of the following year, unless sooner revoked.
B. Until the Department has implemented an automated point-of-sale licensing system, fishing licenses shall run and be valid from January 1 of each year or their later date of purchase to December 31 of same year, unless sooner revoked. Upon implementation of such a system, fishing licenses shall run and be valid for one year from their date of purchase.
C. The terms of licenses listed in subsections A and B of this section shall not apply to the lifetime hunting and fishing license established in § 29.1-302.1.
D. National Forest Stamps, issued pursuant to § 29.1-408,
shall be valid from January 1 of each year
or their later date of purchase, to December 31 of the same year or from July 1
of each year or their later date of purchase, to June 30 of the following yearfor
one year from their date of purchase,
unless sooner revoked.
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