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2016 SESSION
HB 136 Duck blinds; damaged stationary blinds in Virginia Beach, notification to DGIF.
Introduced by: Barry D. Knight | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Damaged duck blinds in Virginia Beach. Requires a person who holds a duck blind license for a stationary blind located in the City of Virginia Beach to immediately notify the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (the Department) when his blind has been abandoned or does not meet the duck blind standards. The bill provides that any owner of such blind who fails to place a PVC pipe marker with reflecting tape into the water six feet above mean low water at the site of the blind (i) within seven days of discovery of the condition of the blind or (ii) within seven days of notification by the Department of the marking requirement is subject to a civil penalty of up to $100.
FULL TEXT
- 12/18/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101150D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/16 House: Printed as engrossed 16101150D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB136ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0378) pdf
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0378) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/18/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101150D
- 12/18/15 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/13/16 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 01/20/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/16 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/16 House: Read first time
- 01/29/16 House: Read second time
- 01/29/16 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/29/16 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB136E
- 01/29/16 House: Printed as engrossed 16101150D-E
- 02/01/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/25/16 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/16 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/16 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/01/16 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/01/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/01/16 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/03/16 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/04/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB136ER)
- 03/04/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/8/2016
- 03/08/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/11/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 378 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0378)
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0378)