SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2019 SESSION
HB 2047 Oyster planting grounds; municipal dredging projects.
Introduced by: Christopher P. Stolle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Oyster-planting grounds; municipal dredging projects; compensation. Extends the duration of an exception, for municipal dredging, to the right of a person to lease oyster-planting grounds, and establishes a procedure for determining compensation to such a leaseholder when his grounds are disturbed by such a dredging project.
The bill extends from 2019 to 2035 the sunset date for an exception to the leaseholder's right that allows certain municipal dredging projects to take place in the Lynnhaven River. The bill provides that when such a dredging project is proposed for leased grounds that are subject to beneficial use as oyster-planting grounds, the Commissioner of Marine Resources (the Commissioner) shall review the project to ensure that it avoids affecting such grounds to the maximum extent practicable and, if the project meets such standard, the Commissioner shall notify any leaseholder within the footprint of the proposed navigation channel, requesting a response within 60 days.
The bill then requires the locality to compensate the lessee for the use of the ground by coming to a voluntary agreement or entering into mediation if no agreement is made in 90 days. If the lessee refuses mediation or cannot come to an agreement with the locality within nine months of the offer of mediation, a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine and order fair compensation to the lessee. Finally, the Commission shall hold a hearing on the proposed project. If the compensation has been determined and the project has been approved by the Commission, the Commissioner shall issue the permit for the project. The bill contains technical amendments.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103694D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/19 House: Printed as engrossed 19103694D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2047ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/21/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103694D
- 01/07/19 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/16/19 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/23/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/19 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/19 House: Read first time
- 01/28/19 House: Read second time
- 01/28/19 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/28/19 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2047E
- 01/28/19 House: Printed as engrossed 19103694D-E
- 01/29/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/30/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/14/19 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2047ER)
- 02/22/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- 03/04/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/21/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 735 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/21/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735)