Amend R18.1-6 (S 6) by amending subsection (b) (B.)

Amend R18.1-6 (S 6) by amending subsection (b) (B.) to read as set out below and adding thereto subsections (d) and (e) (0. and E.) as set out below: (b) (B.) In addition, there shall be an open season for taking first-year passage birds, also called passages (hawks caught wild before fist moult), from September 15 through January 11 of each year only; except, that marked raptors may be retrapped at any time. (d) (D.) A nonresident raptor trapping permit may be issued to applicants for the purpose of taking a raptor in Virginia, provided that his resident state is a state listed in Paragraph (k), Subpart C, part 21.29, Chapter I of Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, as a participating state, and his resident state issues nonresident falconry permits or licenses, or otherwise provides for the taking of raptors by nonresidents. Nonresident applicants shall submit a copy of a valid resident state falconry permit and a copy of a valid import permit from their resident state. Nonresident permits shall be issued only in the general or master class. (e) (E.) A permittee may purchase, sell, or barter any lawfully possessed raptor which was bred in captivity under authority of a raptor propagation permit issued under Part 21.30, Chapter I of Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, and banded with a numbered seamless marker issued or authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Service.

Amend R18.1-8 (S 8) to read as follows: R18.1-8. (S 8.) Season for raptor hunting. It shall be lawful to hunt nonmigratory game birds and game animals with raptors from October 1 through March 31, both dates inclusive.

Add a new regulation (section) numbered R18.1-8.1 (S 9) to read as follows: R18.1-8.1 (S 9 ) Sunday hunting. It shall be lawful to hunt nonmigratory game birds and game animals with raptors on Sunday.

Add a new regulation (section) numbered R18.1-8.2 (S 10) to read as follows:

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