CHAPTER 549

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-144.5 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to counties prohibiting the hunting of certain animals and birds near
primary and secondary highways. rH 608]

Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 29-144.5 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 29-144.5. The governing body of any county may, by ordinance,
prohibit the hunting * or attempting to hunt with a firearm, of any game
bird or game animal while the hunting or attempting to hunt is on or
within one hundred yards of any primary or secondary highway in such
county, and may, in such ordinance, provide that any violation thereof
shall be a misdemeanor.

For the purpose of this section, the term “hunt” or “attempt to hunt’’
shall not include the necessary crossing of such highways for the bona fide
purpose of going into or leaving a lawful hunting area.

An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.