                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIAL FISHING PERMITS FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL CLASSES (§ 29.1-315)

A. Upon receipt of an application from a qualified instructor, the Director may
issue a special permit to the instructor authorizing the class described in the
application to fish without licenses in public waters open to fishing. Any
special permit so issued shall be valid only during regular school hours and
only when fishing by the class occurs under the direct and immediate supervision
of the instructor to whom it is issued. These special permits shall not be valid
for fishing in designated waters stocked with trout or in waters where a daily
fishing fee has been imposed pursuant to &#xA7; 29.1-318.

B. The application shall be a written request for a class fishing permit
submitted by a qualified instructor and countersigned by the principal of the
school in which the applicant teaches. The application shall state (i) the name
of the school; (ii) the county or city in which the school is located; (iii) the
name and general subject matter of the class; and (iv) the general geographic
area in which the permit is intended to be used. For the purposes of this
section a &#8220;qualified instructor&#8221; means a person who teaches in a
school located in Virginia a course at the eighth grade level or above for which
credit is awarded which includes instruction in fishing techniques and who
possesses a valid license to fish in the area in which the fishing techniques
are taught.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 197, § 29-55.3:2; 1987, c. 488.