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2017 SESSION
17101396DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 28.2-600 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 28.2-600. Riparian planting ground assignments; eligibility; fee.
Any owner of land bordering on a body of water in the
oyster-growing area of this Commonwealth whose shore front measures at least 205
105 feet at the low-water mark, who has not had as much as one-half
acre of ground already assigned him on the front, or whose lease has terminated
and is not to be renewed, may apply for planting grounds to the Commissioner.
The Commissioner shall assign to him such ground wherever the owner may
designate within his riparian waters, provided the ground does not encroach
into an existing oyster-planting ground lease assigned under Article 2 (§
28.2-603 et seq.) of this chapter. The fee for such assignment shall be $1.50.
Such ground shall not exceed one-half acre, and shall not be less than 105 feet
wide along the shore, beginning at low-water mark, extending out not more than
210 feet, or to the middle of the channel or body of water, whichever is the
shorter distance. The grounds shall be surveyed, plotted, marked, assigned, and
recorded as provided for assignments to persons in Article 2 (§ 28.2-603 et
seq.) of this chapter. Any riparian assignment that was duly recorded in the
clerk's office of the county or city where the grounds are located, or at the
Commission office prior to July 1, 1986, shall continue in effect.
[ 2. That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless an appropriation effectuating the purposes of this act is included in a general appropriation act passed in 2017 by the General Assembly that becomes law. ]