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2007 SESSION

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HB 2082 Menhaden; establishes annual harvest quota for portion of Chesapeake Bay.

Introduced by: Robert J. Wittman | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Harvest quota on menhaden; penalty.  Establishes an annual menhaden harvest quota of 109,020 metric tons for the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Fisheries shall receive a credit to be applied in the following year if the actual harvest does not meet the harvest quota and a deduction if the actual harvest exceeds the harvest quota. Orders by the Secretary of Natural Resources setting a date of closure for the fishery will be exempt from the requirements of the Administrative Process Act. Any person harvesting menhaden for reduction purposes after receiving notice that the quota has been met shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This bill incorporates HB 1624.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/07  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070970554  pdf | impact statement
• 01/25/07  House: Committee substitute printed 070994554-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/12/07  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2082ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/13/07  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/08/07  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070970554
• 01/08/07  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/24/07  House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/07  House: Committee substitute printed 070994554-H1
• 01/25/07  House: Read first time
• 01/26/07  House: Read second time
• 01/26/07  House: Committee substitute agreed to 070994554-H1
• 01/26/07  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2082H1
• 01/29/07  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/07  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/07  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/30/07  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/30/07  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/05/07  Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/07  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/07  Senate: Read third time
• 02/07/07  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/07  Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/07  House: Enrolled
• 02/12/07  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2082ER)
• 02/12/07  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/12/07  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/19/07  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 41 (effective 7/1/07)
• 03/13/07  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041)