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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71793</law_id><section_number>29.1-345.2</section_number><catch_line>Damaged stationary blinds in Virginia Beach; civil penalty</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="2">Licenses for Waterfowl Blinds and for Hunting Waterfowl</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any licensee who has a stationary blind located in the City of Virginia Beach that has been abandoned or does not meet the requirements for a blind set forth in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Stationary blinds defined" href="/29.1-341/">29.1-341</a> shall place a PVC pipe marker with reflecting tape or gear six feet above mean low water at the site of the blind and shall immediately notify the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> that the blind has been marked in accordance with this section. The failure to place such a reflective marker within seven days of <span class="dictionary">discovery</span> of the blind&#x2019;s condition or within seven days of notification by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of the requirement to place a reflective marker shall subject the owner of the blind to a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> not to exceed $100. All civil penalties assessed under this section shall be deposited in the Motorboat and Water Safety Fund of the <span class="dictionary">Game</span> Protection Fund and used as provided for in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Department to administer chapter; Motorboat Committee; funds for administration; records; rules and regulations" href="/29.1-701/">29.1-701</a>.</p></section></text><history>2016, c. 378.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
