Bill Text: VA HB1612 | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; fees, boat ramps.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-05 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources [HB1612 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB1612-Prefiled.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 those certain Department-owned 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 a current
certificate of boat registration, issued
by the Department, ;
or (ii) persons
any person 16 years of age or younger,
or (iii) 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 subsections 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 designated parking spaces, 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, which 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, any person violating this subsection shall not 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.
