CHAPTER 479

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-184.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating

to enforcement of dog laws in certain counties.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 29-184.3 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 29-1843. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the
counties of Augusta and Roanoke, and in the counties of Orange, Patrick,
Henry and Giles if the respective governing bodies of the said counties
shall so certify by resolution, the enforcement of the dog laws shall
be vested in a dog warden and deputy dog wardens, and upon the
appointment therein of a dog warden and deputy dog wardens the game
warden shall have no jurisdiction as to the enforcement of the dog laws.
In such county the judge of the circuit court shall appoint from a list of
not less than three nor more than five persons nominated by the governing
body of the county an officer to be known as the dog warden, who shall
have exclusive jurisdiction as to the enforcement of the dog laws in the
county ; the judge may also so appoint, from a similar list of not less than
three nor more than seven persons, such number of deputy dog wardens as
are requested by the governing body. Such deputy dog wardens shall have
the powers and duties of a dog warden. The dog warden and deputy dog
warden shall have all the powers and duties of a game warden in the en-
forcement of the dog laws. The dog warden and deputy dog wardens shall
be ee such compensation as the governing body of the county may pre-
scribe.

(b) The lists of nominations so made by such governing body shall
be submitted to the court or the judge thereof in vacation not later than
the fifteenth day of June of each year and the appointments shall be
made by the court or judge on or before the thirtieth day of June for one
year commencing on the first day of July and expiring on the thirtieth
day of June next succeeding.

(ce) In such county the amount of the dog license tax, which in no
event shall be more than four dollars per dog, shall be fixed by ordinance
adopted by the governing body of such county, and thereafter the tax
imposed under § 29-184 shall not apply therein. The entire amount collected
for dog license taxes in the county shall be paid into the county treasury,
the provisions of §§ 29-206 and 29-209 to the contrary notwithstanding.

(d) All other provisions of Chapter 9 of this title shall apply muta-
oe mutandis to any such county and dog wardens and deputy dog wardens

erein.

Provided, however, that any county which has adopted the county
manager form of organization and government provided by Chapter 11,
Title 15, shall appoint such dog warden and deputy dog wardens in the
same manner as are other employees as provided in § 15-814.

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