SB192: Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; appointment of certain sworn law-enforcement positions.
SENATE BILL NO. 192
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 29.1-200 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 29.1-200. Appointment of conservation police officers.
A. The
Director shall appoint regular and special conservation police officers as he
may deem necessary to enforce the game and inland fish laws and shall issue a
certificate of appointment to each conservation police officer. Any special
conservation police officer initially appointed after October 1, 2009, shall
have a valid registration as a Special Conservator of the Peace from the
Department of Criminal Justice Services.
B. All appointments to
sworn law-enforcement positions above the rank of conservation police officer
within the Department shall be made by the Director of the Department from
among the sworn conservation police officers, except for those positions
designated in subdivision 20 of § 2.2-2905, or whenever the Director
determines, in writing, that a position requires knowledge, skills, or
abilities such that a sufficient pool of qualified candidates does not exist
within the Department.