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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82097</law_id><section_number>29.1-314</section_number><catch_line>Special fishing permits for certain individuals with disabilities</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="29.1">Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Licenses</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Licenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Upon receipt of an application from an officer or designated representative of any organized group of individuals with physical or mental disabilities who meet on a regular basis, including students at schools for the blind or deaf, the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> not more than two permits of one day each, in any calendar year, to such group to fish without licenses in public waters open to <span class="dictionary">fishing</span>. The permits shall not be issued for use in designated waters stocked with trout or in waters where a daily <span class="dictionary">fishing</span> fee has been imposed pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Board may charge use fees for fishing in certain waters" href="/29.1-318/">29.1-318</a>; however, a permit may be issued to such group to fish without licenses on the second Saturday of May in designated waters stocked with trout. <a id="paragraph-294239" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-314/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The application for the permit shall state the name and description of the group, the date upon which it will be used, the general area in which it will be used, and the name of the person or organization responsible for the group. <a id="paragraph-294240" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-314/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1976, c. 144, &#xA7; 29-55.3:1; 1987, c. 488; 2006, cc. 8, 37; 2023, cc. 148, 149.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
