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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 241 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2009, chapter 9<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65052,"section_number":"28.2-201","catch_line":"Authority of Commission to make regulations, establish licenses, and prepare fishery management plans; accept federal grants; enforcement; penalty for violation of regulation","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-201\/"},{"id":65438,"section_number":"28.2-302.1","catch_line":"Recreational license required","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-302.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":65052,"section_number":"28.2-201","catch_line":"Authority of Commission to make regulations, establish licenses, and prepare fishery management plans; accept federal grants; enforcement; penalty for violation of regulation","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-201\/"},{"id":57031,"section_number":"28.2-302.3","catch_line":"Virginia Saltwater Recreational Fishing Development Fund established","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-302.3\/"},{"id":60432,"section_number":"58.1-3217","catch_line":"Permanently and totally disabled defined","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3217\/"}],"permalink":{"id":191029,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66557,"identifier":"28.2-302.10","token":"28.2\/II\/3\/1.1\/28.2-302.10","url":"\/28.2-302.10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-302.10\/","token":"28.2\/II\/3\/1.1\/28.2-302.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Special lifetime saltwater recreational fishing license; permanently and totally disabled persons","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-302.10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any resident<\/span> who is permanently and totally disabled, as defined in § 58.1-3217<\/a>, who applies for a special lifetime saltwater recreational fishing<\/span> license shall receive such a license for a fee of five dollars or as subsequently revised by the Commission<\/span> pursuant to § 28.2-201<\/a>. The applicant shall provide proof of permanent and total disability acceptable to the Commissioner<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> All funds collected pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the Virginia Saltwater Recreational Fishing<\/span> Development Fund, as established by § 28.2-302.3<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIAL LIFETIME SALTWATER RECREATIONAL FISHING LICENSE; PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY\nDISABLED PERSONS (\u00a7 28.2-302.10)\n\nA. Any resident who is permanently and totally disabled, as defined in §\n58.1-3217, who applies for a special lifetime saltwater recreational fishing\nlicense shall receive such a license for a fee of five dollars or as\nsubsequently revised by the Commission pursuant to § 28.2-201. The\napplicant shall provide proof of permanent and total disability acceptable to\nthe Commissioner.\n\nB. All funds collected pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state\ntreasury to the credit of the Virginia Saltwater Recreational Fishing\nDevelopment Fund, as established by § 28.2-302.3.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 241; 2009, c. 9.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}