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18100727D
HOUSE BILL NO. 56 Offered January 10, 2018 Prefiled December 1, 2017 A BILL to amend and reenact § 28.2-706 of the Code of Virginia, relating to crab scraping; possession of hard crabs; characteristics of scrape. ---------- Patron-- Bloxom ---------- Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 28.2-706 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 28.2-706. Restrictions on crab scraping; penalty.

It is unlawful for any person to:

1. Use a crab scrape having a mouth longer than four five feet and a toothed bar; or

2. Haul a scrape, except by hand;

3. Have more than two scrapes overboard; or

4. Possess hard crabs while having a crab scrape on board.

A violation of any provision of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.