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HOUSE BILL NO. 2219 Offered January 8, 2003 Prefiled January 8, 2003 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 5 of Title 7.1 a section numbered 7.1-40.14, relating to emblems of the Commonwealth; the official historic skipjack oyster fleet. ---------- Patrons-- Lingamfelter, Dillard and Pollard; Senator: Chichester ---------- Referred to Committee on General Laws ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 5 of Title 7.1 a section numbered 7.1-40.14 as follows:

§ 7.1-40.14. Official historic skipjack oyster fleet.

The "Virginia W," built in 1904 in Guilford, Virginia; the "Claud W. Sommers," built in 1911 in Young's Creek, Virginia; and the "Wilma Lee," built in Wingate, Maryland, which are irreplaceable parts of the history of the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia's oyster fleet, are hereby designated the official historic skipjack oyster fleet of the Commonwealth.