HB1947: Deer or turkey; authorizes Board of Game & Inland Fisheries to create separate special licenses.
HOUSE BILL NO. 1947
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That 29.1-305 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
29.1-305. Special license for hunting bear, deer, and turkey; authority of Board to create special separate licenses for bear, deer, or turkey.
A. A special license is required for hunting bear, deer, and turkey in this the Commonwealth, which shall
be in addition to the license required to hunt other game. The fee for the
special license shall be $12 for a resident age 16 or older, $7.50 for a
resident under the age of 16, and $60 for a nonresident 16 years of age or
older, $15 for a nonresident 12 years of age to 15 years of age, and $12 for a
nonresident younger than 12 years of age.
B. The Board may create a separate
special license licenses for the hunting of
bear, deer, and turkey
in this the Commonwealth.
The fee for such a separate special
license shall be $25 for residents and $150
for nonresidents not exceed the amount
charged to purchase a state resident hunting
license under subdivision 2 of 29.1-303 or to purchase a state nonresident
hunting license under subdivision 3 of 29.1-303.
A person who obtains a separate special
license for hunting bear, deer, or turkey
shall also be required to obtain the state resident license or state
nonresident license pursuant to 29.1-303. If a
special license licenses to
hunt bear is, deer, or turkey are
established by the Board, the special license required in subsection A shall authorize the hunting of deer
and turkey only no longer be required.
C. The
license to hunt bear, deer, and
turkey or, if authorized by the Board, the license
separate special licenses to
hunt bear, deer, or turkey may be
obtained from the clerk or agent of any county or city whose duty it is to sell
hunting licenses.
C. D. The Board may subsequently
revise the cost of licenses set forth in this section pursuant to 29.1-103.