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2001 SESSION
013990856Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 28.2-520 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 28.2-520. Use of hydraulic dredges prohibited; penalty.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to take or catch hard-shell clams
through the use ofpossess a hydraulic dredge while in Virginia waters. The
Commission and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science may use hydraulic
dredges to take and catch hard-shell clams on an experimental basis. However,
a permit to take and catch hard-shell clams through the use of hydraulic
dredges shall not be issued to any other person.
B. Any person who takes or catches hard-shell clams usingpossesses a hydraulic
dredge while in Virginia waters is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.