CHAPTER 163

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
15-20.8:1, authorizing governing bodies of counties to prohibit hunt-
ing in certain areas of such counties.

[H 103]

Approved March 1, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
15-20.3:1, as follows:

§ 15-20.3:1. The governing body of any county may by ordinance
prohibit all hunting with firearms or other weapons in, or within one-half
mile of, any subdivision or other area of such county which, in the
opinion of the governing body, is so heavily populated as to make such
hunting dangerous to the inhabitants thereof. Any such ordinance shall
clearly describe each area in which hunting is prohibited, and shall further
provide that appropriate signs shall be erected designating said boundaries
thereof.