Local Politics

From Chris Graham

LANDES MARKS SUCCESS IN EFFORT TO STRIP THE CODE:
Weyers Cave Republican Del. Steve Landes has been working since 1997 to
remove outdated and obsolete laws from the state code.

On Tuesday, the sixth bill in his 2005 legislative package aimed at
stripping down the code book passed the House of Delegates.

The legislation covers areas from definitions for highway vehicles to a
1950 law requiring Dickenson and Buchanan counties to pay for game wardens to a
1954 prohibition against hunting deer with a rifle in Essex County.

"I am grateful to my colleagues in the House of Delegates for adopting
these common-sense measures to reduce the number of obsolete laws we still have
on the books in Virginia," Landes said on Tuesday.

"This yearly effort, which is now completed by the Virginia Code
Commission on which I serve, simplifies and clarifies the Code of Virginia and
the Acts of Assembly for all our citizens," Landes said.

This is a great effort. Any time a legislator removes laws, it is a good thing. Go Steve!