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2001 SESSION


CHAPTER 233
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 28.2 a section numbered 28.2-1006, relating to the Potomac River Compact; possession, storage, marketing, and disposal of lawfully harvested finfish and shellfish.
[S 820]
Approved March 14, 2001

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 28.2 a section numbered 28.2-1006 as follows:

§ 28.2-1006. Lawfully harvested finfish and shellfish; possession, storage, marketing and disposal.

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, finfish, crabs, oysters, clams, and other shellfish caught in the waters within the jurisdiction of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission, in compliance with the regulations prescribed by the Commission pursuant to the Potomac River Compact of 1958, may be possessed, stored, marketed, and otherwise disposed of elsewhere in the Commonwealth.