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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73139</law_id><section_number>29.1-316</section_number><catch_line>Special fishing permits for certain youth camps</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 nonprofit tax-exempt youth camp, the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a permit for the duration of any season of such youth camp that allows camp members under 18 years of age and camp employees to fish without licenses in public waters adjacent to property owned by the camp. Such permit 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>. <a id="paragraph-263352" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-316/#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, certification of the group&#x2019;s tax-exempt status, the period of time during 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-263353" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-316/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1980, c. 52, &#xA7; 29-55.3:3; 1982, c. 27; 1987, c. 488; 2020, c. 570.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
