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Committee eases statutory staffing requirement for hunter education coordinators
Summary
SB 1204, an agency bill from the Department of Wildlife Resources, removes a Code requirement that the board establish one full-time hunter education coordinator for each administrative region and allows existing coordinator positions to serve broader duties; the committee reported the bill 13-8.
Senate Bill 1204, an agency-sponsored change to the Code of Virginia, was reported out of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee on a 13-8 vote after members debated whether the change could interact with hunter-education qualification paths used for concealed-carry permits.
The bill removes language requiring the board to "establish at least one full-time Hunter Education Coordinator position for each of the department's administrative regions" and instead allows the Department of Wildlife Resources to assign hunter-education…
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