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§ 29.1-200 Appointment of conservation police officers

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.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 7 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 608; in 1979, chapter 264; in 1987, chapter 488; in 1994, chapter 641; in 2007, chapter 87; in 2009, chapter 355; in 2020, chapter 671.

Code 1950, §§ 29-24, 29-28; 1952, c. 608; 1979, c. 264; 1987, c. 488; 1994, c. 641; 2007, c. 87; 2009, c. 355; 2020, c. 671.

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Court Decisions

Pound v. Department of Game & Inland Fisheries (COA, 03/11/03)
. . . 577 S.E.2d 533 (2003) . . .
South v. Commonwealth (COA, 12/20/05)
. . . *250KELSEY, Judge. . . .
Cline v. Commonwealth (COA, 04/21/09)
. . . 675 S.E.2d 223 (2009) . . .
United States v. Jolon Carthorne, Sr. (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 08/13/13)
. . . DAVIS, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part: . . .
United States v. Day (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 01/08/10)
. . . *681Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD . . .

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Amendment Attempts

HB939: Game wardens; Director of Department of Game and Inland Fisheries given power to appoint. (failed)
HB1867: Game wardens; changes name to conservation police officer.
HB1961: Special conservation police officers; those appointed after 10/1/09 shall have valid registration. (passed)
SB17: Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; changes name of conservation police officers.
SB37: Conservation police officers; appointment by Director of Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. (failed)
SB37: Conservation police officers; appointment by Director of Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. (failed)
SB192: Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; appointment of certain sworn law-enforcement positions.
SB37: Conservation police officers; appointment by Director of Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. (failed)
SB882: Conservation police officers; external appointment. (passed)
HB1563: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; emergency dispatchers. (failed)
HB1592: State Police Officers' Retirement System; membership for Department of Wildlife Resources conservation police officers. (failed)
HB1714: Assault and battery; serious bodily injury; penalty. (failed)
HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed)
HB1815: Line of Duty Act; benefits for campus police and private police officers, definitions. (passed)
HB1825: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to conservation officers. (failed)
HB2296: Illegal fentanyl; reckless exposure to certain persons, penalty (failed)
HB2363: Corrections, Dept. of; designated employees with same power as sheriff or law-enforcement officer. (failed)
HB2447: Line of Duty Act & Va. Law Officers' Retirement Sys.; enhanced benefits for certain fire personnel. (failed)
HB2485: Cannabis control; establishes framework for creating retail market, penalties. (failed)
HB2491: Assault and battery; serious bodily injury, penalty. (failed)
HB2498: Virginia Gaming Commission; established, penalties, report. (failed)
SB926: Assault and battery; adds officers of Va. Marine Police to definition of law-enforcement officer. (failed)
SB928: State Police Officers' Retirement System; membership for Department of Wildlife Resources conservation police officers. (failed)
SB946: Assault and battery; adds officers of Va. Marine Police to definition of law-enforcement officer. (failed)
SB970: Cannabis control; establishes framework for creating retail market, penalties. (failed)
SB986: Assault and battery; Class 1 misdemeanor against sports official. (passed)
SB1013: Neurocognitive disorder, etc.; affirmative defense to prosecution. (failed)
SB1142: Line of Duty Act; benefits for campus police and private police officers, definitions. (passed)
SB1201: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to conservation officers. (passed)
SB1224: State Police Officers' Retirement System; membership for DWR conservation police officers. (failed)
SB1286: Line of Duty Act; auxiliary police officers and volunteer deputy sheriffs. (failed)
SB1287: Virginia Gaming Commission; established, penalties, report. (failed)
SB1398: Assault and battery; adds campus police officers to definition of law-enforcement officer. (failed)
HB124: Assault and battery; adds district court temporary recall judge, penalty. (passed)
HB204: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to emergency dispatchers.
HB246: Mental illness, neurocognitive disorder, etc.; affirmative defense or reduced penalty. (failed)
HB251: Assault and battery; creates Class 6 felony for serious bodily injury. (failed)
HB294: Malicious bodily injury to correctional officers; penalties. (failed)
HB336: Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, penalty, report.
HB482: Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; supervision by Office of Dept. of Corrections Ombudsman.
HB491: Line of Duty Act; eligibility for sheriffs and deputy sheriffs. (failed)
HB642: Cannabis control; establishes framework for creation of retail marijuana market, penalties, report. (failed)
HB815: Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; administration of nursing scholarships. (passed)
HB863: Offenses, certain; elimination of mandatory minimum sentences. (failed)
HB992: Administrative Process Act; regulatory economic analysis required.
HB1055: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; membership includes.
HB1267: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; membership, definition of "employee."
HB1269: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to emergency dispatchers.
HB1286: Assault and battery; employees of state or local department of social services, penalty.
HB1315: Fire marshals; authority. (failed)
HB1398: Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report. (failed)
HB1403: Severe Maternal Mortality Surveillance and Review Program; established. (passed)
HB1421: Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; transferring administrative and supervisory authority. (passed)
HB1471: Aggravated murder; assault & battery of correctional officer, custodial employee of DOC, penalties.
SB144: Assault and battery; adds district court temporary recall judge, penalty. (passed)
SB335: Mental illness, neurocognitive disorder, etc.; affirmative defense or reduced penalty.
SB405: Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; administration of nursing scholarships. (passed)
SB542: Cannabis control; establishes framework for creation of retail marijuana market, penalties, report.
SB558: Virginia Gaming Commission established.
SB624: Assault and battery; definition of "Islamophobia," penalty. (failed)
SB671: Cannabis control; retail market; penalties.
SB826: Marijuana; creates framework for retail sales.