CHAPTER 411

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-184.8, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to enforcement of dog laws in certain counties by
dog wardens; license tax rates and disposition of proceeds. _

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

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

§ 29-184.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the
counties of Augusta and Roanoke, and in the counties of Orange, Fairfaz,
Giles and Spotsylvania 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 Jaws 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 wardens shall have all the powers and duties of a game warden in the
enforcement of the dog laws. The dog warden and deputy dog wardens
shal] “4 paid such compensation as the governing body of the county may
prescribe.

(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.

(c) In such counties the amount of the dog license tax, which in no
event shall be more than four dollars per dog, except that in the county
of Giles the license tax on female dogs may be not more than five dollars
and on male and unsexed female dogs not more than two dollars and fifty
cents, 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 (§ 29-183 et seq.) of this title
shall apply mutatis mutandis to any such county and dog wardens and
deputy dog wardens therein.

Provided, however, that any county which has adopted the county
manager form of organization and government provided by Chap. 13
(§ 15.1-562 et seq.), Title 15.1, and any county which has a population of
240,000 or more persons shall appoint such dog warden and deputy dog
wardens in the same manner as are other employees as provided in
§ 15.1-634, or as prescribed by the form of government in effect in such
county which has a population of 240,000 or more persons.